Re: Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

2005-09-20 Thread Dave Carrigan
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 11:13:31AM -0500, J French wrote: > We are setting up Debian Linux on a new server for a PostGreSQL database. In > the past, on FreeBSD, I used the dump utility with the live filesystem > (snapshot) switch to backup the running database. Does dump on linux support > live

Re: Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

2005-09-20 Thread wim
You might check out bakula or afbackup, they're both on sourceforge I think. Trying google will also work :-) Cheers & success! Wim On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 11:22:13AM -0400, Tom Vier wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 11:13:31AM -0500, J French wrote: > > Debian (or linux in general)? I need a r

Re: Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

2005-09-19 Thread Tom Vier
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 11:13:31AM -0500, J French wrote: > Debian (or linux in general)? I need a robust backup because this will be a > production server. Advice is appreciated. You cannot use dump on a read/write mounted fs - the kernel does not keep writes from the fs coherent with the block

Re: Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

2005-09-18 Thread Ben Pearre
> On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 11:13 -0500, J French wrote: > > How are most people backing up to tape with Debian (or linux in > > general)? I need a robust backup because this will be a production > > server. Advice is appreciated. I ran a Linux lab for a while. Ended up with one of those 200G tape

Re: Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

2005-09-16 Thread Angelo Bertolli
I'll throw in a suggestion for bacula: http://bacula.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

2005-09-16 Thread Glenn English
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 11:13 -0500, J French wrote: > How are most people backing up to tape with Debian (or linux in > general)? I need a robust backup because this will be a production > server. Advice is appreciated. I'm using Amanda, but Amanda uses dump or gtar, so the question about live f

Re: Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

2005-09-16 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, J French wrote: > Hello, > We are setting up Debian Linux on a new server for a PostGreSQL database. In > the past, on FreeBSD, I used the dump utility with the live filesystem > (snapshot) switch to backup the running database. Does dump on linux support > live filesystem bac

Tape Backup advice needed - dump, tar etc.

2005-09-16 Thread J French
Hello, We are setting up Debian Linux on a new server for a PostGreSQL database.  In the past, on FreeBSD, I used the dump utility with the live filesystem (snapshot) switch to backup the running database.  Does dump on linux support live filesystem backups as well?  How are most people backing up