[CentOS] Simple backup program
Ajay Sharma
ssharma at revshare.comWed Jun 14 07:06:38 UTC 2006
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Bowie Bailey wrote: > I am looking for a simple backup program that I can use to backup a > CentOS box to a local tape drive. Hopefully someone here can give me > a recommendation. > > This is what I need: > - Simple launching of manual backups (preferably from the command > line) > - Ability to span tapes for a large backup > - Proper treatment of hardlinked files > - Notification via email or similar when it is ready for the next > tape. > > I tried mondo-rescue, but decided against it after it spent 4 hours > just trying to index the files (it never actually started the backup). > > I am considering Amanda, but the setup is a bit complex and, based on > the docs, the tape spanning capability isn't the best. > > Anyone have any suggestions? I would think that there would be a > simple program out there to backup and restore from tape without all > of the extra scheduling and indexing features. http://flexbackup.sf.net I used that for years, but the network grew and needed a "bigger" solution so I switched to backuppc which is working great. --Ajay
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