On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Alan McKay <alan.mckay at gmail.com> wrote: > So going back to Amanda and Bacula ... I seem to recall that Amanda uses > standard tools on the back end like gtar and/or dump, is that right? Amanda needs its own client installation on the target, but uses the local gnutar or dump, then stores it with a header pre-pended so you can skip over it if you needed to restore with only standard tools. > What does Bacula use? Does it use one of the standard tools? Or does it > have its own proprietary format that it uses? Not sure about that - it does also have its own agent to install, though. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com