[macosx-unix] amanda backup

[Isaac Levy]

Hi Jan,

On Mar 5, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Jan Schaumann wrote:

> Isaac Levy <ike at lesmuug.org> wrote:
>
>> With that, disk images can be manipulated from the cli using hdiutil
>> (1), and from the Finder using 'Disk Utility.app'.
>
> Yes, I thought of that, too.  But we currently do use amanda for all
> backups, so finding a tool that works with amanda is the  
> objective.  If
> tar(1) now understands resource forks et al, then that should work.
>
> On the other hand, I wonder if I could simply stream a .dmg back to
> amanda.  Hmmm...

I bet you could- pipes work on Darwin/OSX :)

  I somehow seem to remember tons of hdiutil(1) scripters posting all  
kinds of goodies on <http://macosxhints.com/> , including simple  
network backups, etc...

>
>> Just my .02¢ here, I'm not sure if your looking for an 'Apple
>> Solution' for backups here, or just trying to get Amanda to work...
>
> Yupp, that's what I need.  I'd prefer to find a solution and not Yet
> Another Gruesome Hack To Make OS X Do What I Need. :)

Uh-oh- what kind of gruesome hacks? :)

>
>> As an aside, this article explains how to get Amanda working, using
>> Apple UFS formatted volumes, not sure if it's useful for you or not:
>> https://webserver.brandeis.edu/pages/view/Bio/ 
>> AmandaMacOSXCompileNotes
>
> Sorry, the filesystems in question are HFS(+).

Dig.  Yeah.

>
>> As another aside, Bacula seems to have a much larger group of OSX
>> platform users:
>> http://www.bacula.org/
>
> Yes, bacula.  I have been meaning to take a serious look at this,  
> for a
> number of reasons.  But then, amanda is currently working (FSVO
> ``working'') and I'm not too keen on switching my entire backup system
> at this point.

/me sighs

Off topic, is there some feature/working reason that Amanda actually  
saves you time, or helps you backup systems in your enviornment?   
i.e. is it a scale thing, lots of machines?  Just curious-

Rocket-
.ike