Or another package for a network is 'Amanda' which I find has some
really nice features Bru is missing such a plotting and network
backups. It also does incrementals along with full backups that can
be scheduled and much more.
Check out:
http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/amanda/index.html
>>>>> "dw" == Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I have a tape drive inside a Win95 machine, what is the exact command to
>> qzip and tar and entire drive for such a catastrophe? I was placed in the
>> position of admin and have been trying to learn all I can. If anyone can
>> tell me my best emergency procedures, I NEED to put them in place
>> immediately.
dw> If you've purchased 5.0, then you have a commercial backup program, called
dw> bru.
dw> Otherwise there are several backup programs (typically shell script
dw> wrappers to other executables) that can be used.
dw> Your backup strategy really depends on what you are using the machine for.
dw> If it is being used in a commercial environment, with people using it all
dw> the time, and relying on the data, you might consider a 6-tape backup
dw> scheme. Something like one tape for each of Mon-Thurs, and one tape for
dw> even Fri's and one tape for odd Fri's.
dw> An incremental backup would be done each of the Mon-Thurs days, and a
dw> full-backup on each Fri.
dw> You can otherwise use a few tapes to backup user's data, and system
dw> configuration data. Then if you have a crash, you can reinstall the OS
dw> from CDROM, and restore the user's data and the system config files only.
dw> Check out sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/backup for program you might
dw> consier using.
dw> It also depends on how much your data is worth. Do you want to rely on
dw> someone's shell script for your backups, or do you want to spend $50 to
dw> get a good OS, and a commercially supported backup program?
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