RE: [Alug] AMANDA, SAMBA and win 32

-- Web : http://www.drake.org.uk Web : http://www.martyn-drake.info Web : http://www.alug.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Raphael Mankin Sent: 07 December 2001 16:21 To: Ricardo Campos Cc: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: RE: [Alug] AMANDA, SAMBA and win 32 I just use tar over the LAN. The problem with backing up any sort of 'doze box is that there are so many things that cannot be restored: they have to be re-installed. But for data files tar is fine -- and it's cheap. On 05-Dec-01 Ricardo Campos wrote: > Has anyone on-list actually used AMANDA to back up Win NT clients over a LAN? > Thing is, we currently use Veritas Backup Exec, and it's dead expensive, and > not backwards compatible. > > It needs to back up _open_ SQL databases, Lotus Notes databases, hidden > shares, the lot. > > It *appears* that it can backup open files, but I'm not wholly > convinced!Anyone with experience? This is mission-critical stuff! > > Ricardo > -- > > Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org > > > Powered by Outblaze > > _______________________________________________ > main@lists.alug.org.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! -- Playing 'bop' is like Scrabble with all the vowels missing. Duke Ellington Raphael Mankin E-Mail: raph@panache.demon.co.uk ---------------------------------- _______________________________________________ main@lists.alug.org.uk http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!