[CentOS] HP Autoloader

Fri Jan 18 05:50:00 UTC 2008
redhat at mckerrs.net <redhat at mckerrs.net>

----- redhat at mckerrs.net wrote:
> ----- "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale at ActiveNetwerx.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I need to backup data to an HP autoloader, it needs to be *full*
> > backups each time so using Amanda doesn’t make sense.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Can someone point me to what utilities to use to access the
> > autoloader, I would rather read up on this myself as my knowledge
> here
> > is very weak. I am moving this unit from a windows environment
> running
> > Backup Exec. I know all of those features won’t be available but I
> was
> > hoping to control in some predictable manner what tapes are used in
> > what order to effectively partition the loader.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > jlc
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> Are you looking for suggestions on a complete backup solution which
> has autloader support or are you just after information about the
> tools ?
> 
> I've used bacula in production at a  few sites, it has all the
> enterprise features, except a good GUI ;-)
> 
> It can control autoloaders and do full backups each night etc.
> 
> http://bacula.org
> 
> 
> Typically, people use 'mt' to control autoloaders from the CLI.
> 
> 
> Cheers.
> 
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I'm having a shocker today. I should have said 'mtx'.

Duh.

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