On 9/16/2010 12:52 PM, Alan Hodgson wrote:
> On September 16, 2010 10:49:04 am Les Mikesell wrote:
>> Agreed there. Backuppc doesn't know much about tapes and nothing about
>> changers. But for straight long-term archiving you could wrap a script
>> around BackupPC_tarCreate to save whatever you wanted off to tape. And
>> you are on your own for restoring it, but it might be an advantage to
>> have a standard tar archive than something only a certain program knows
>> how to access.
>
> Amanda's dumps are standard tar archives and can be restored without Amanda.
Well, sort-of. You have to know how to skip over the amanda label and
header. And how to find the right set of tapes.
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