Re: Confused by Amanda

2018-09-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 September 2018 01:24:35 Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 11:46:44AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 02 September 2018 06:27:01 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Amanda is not good for the situation you describe. > > > > No its not ideal in some cases,, which is why I wrot

Re: Confused by Amanda

2018-09-02 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 11:46:44AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 02 September 2018 06:27:01 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Amanda is not good for the situation you describe. > > No its not ideal in some cases,, which is why I wrote a wrapper script > for the make a backup portions of amanda. W

Re: Confused by Amanda

2018-09-02 Thread Jose M Calhariz
On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 06:27:01AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 04:09:22PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > I recently messed up some files and decided to resort to the backup to > > recover them. I was able to do so, but the process left me wondering if > > I would really be

Re: Confused by Amanda

2018-09-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 02 September 2018 06:27:01 Dan Ritter wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 04:09:22PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > I recently messed up some files and decided to resort to the backup > > to recover them. I was able to do so, but the process left me > > wondering if I would really be in a

Re: Confused by Amanda

2018-09-02 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 04:09:22PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > I recently messed up some files and decided to resort to the backup to > recover them. I was able to do so, but the process left me wondering if > I would really be in a position to do so in all cases. For example, > Amanda configu

Confused by Amanda

2018-09-02 Thread Mark Fletcher
Hello I use Amanda for daily backups on Stretch. I found it not too difficult to set up once I got my head around its virtual tape concept. Recently, prompted by not very much, I have started to question whether having these backups really put me in a position to restore the machine if I need