I backup my mailserver using tar....if I needed incremental I'd probably use
something like amanda, lonetar, bru or whatever. But since mail changes daily I
do a full-backup to an HP 12/24GB SCSI DLT drive with an 18GB SCSI drive.
quick and easy way using linuxconf
su
linuxconf
Control Panel
Configure Superuser scheduled tasks
Add
put in the following
time tar cvfM /dev/st0 /whateverdirectory ; mt -f /dev/sto rewoff
Months *
Days of the month *
Days of the week 2-6
Hours 4
Minutes 0
this is a cronjob and emails root account when complete. I use pine to check the
mail.
time= tells how long the backup job took
c=create v=verbose f=filename (this case device) M=Multivolume so it'll span dlt
drives if you run out of room
mt -f /dev/sto rewoff (rewinds the tape and ejects it automatically)
all I do is stick in a new tape everyday and occasionally check the root email
account. It backs up Tuesday-Saturday at 4am. You mentioned "full backup" so
this is a free solution. To do selective restores...it's not too hard
tar tvf /dev/sto to get a listing of files on the DLT. man tar to find out
how...it's not too hard. Note...you may need to put /dev/nst0 depending on the
drive {n}non-rewinding {s}scsi {t}tape instead...not sure do a man mt.
On Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:35:09 -0000
"Ounsted, Toby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm trying to sort out backing up my RH box to a DLT drive. What program
> should I use? I vaguely remember seeing something on a SCO box with a nice
> X interface etc. The backup need not be too fancy, just a full backup 5
> nights a week with eject at the end and also some kind of notification
> process (email) if it all goes horribly wrong. It has to be able also to
> restore selective files etc.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Toby.
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