From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 18 16:20:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from launch.server101.com (launch.server101.com [165.90.18.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C06DD151F4 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 16:20:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ben@server101.com) Received: from launch.server101.com ([165.90.18.194] ident=6378) by launch.server101.com with smtp (Exim 2.02 #1) id 11dM4Q-0005Qm-00; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:20:02 +1000 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:20:02 +1000 (EST) From: Ben O'Shea To: Langa Kentane Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Network backup solution In-Reply-To: <380B43DD.FB7D4FC4@earthling.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Langa Kentane wrote: use AMANDA http://www.amanda.org/ it wilol do exactly what you are describing and a million other things... > Hi > > I am very new to Unix and have am have a task that i need to do but don't know how to solve. Maybe you can help. > > I need to backup my FreeBSD 3.2-R server from a Linux box. The linux box is fitted with a HP tape drive and our budget doesn't allow us to take the easy way out and just buy another tape drive when I know for sure that there should be a way to backup over the network. > > What do I need to do to be able to do this? Any suggestions? > > -- > > Langa Kentane | Tel: +27 82 928 1952 > Manager: Networks Operations | http://www.sunnet.co.za > Sunshine Networks | http://langa.za.net > __________________________________________________________ > Unix, DOS, Windows > The good, The bad, and the ugly > __________________________________________________________ > > > > -====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====- > to unsubscribe email "unsubscribe linux-admin" to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > See the linux-admin FAQ: http://www.kalug.lug.net/linux-admin-FAQ/ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message