From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 24 15:47:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3249A37B422; Thu, 24 May 2001 15:47:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA35999; Thu, 24 May 2001 17:47:07 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 17:47:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon To: Cc: , Subject: Re: Seeking recommendations for backup system In-Reply-To: <13991.990660758@verdi.nethelp.no> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 24 May 2001 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > I'm seeking recommendation for a backup system (software) that can > be used with a decent sized tape library, probably LTO based, and > FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE. > > I'm sure we could roll our based on freely available tools (eg. > Amanda) - but by now I'm used to Tivoli ADSM/TSM, and *like* the > convenience ADSM/TSM offers. We need the ability to make backups > (via Fast Ethernet) primarily of FreeBSD servers, but also > Solaris, Linux and HP-UX. Easy restore is important. > > (So why not buy TSM again? Primarily the price. We'll do it if we > have to, but would prefer something slightly less expensive and > also less complex.) I just mentioned this to someone else who asked a similar question elsewhere, but Veritas NetBackup (NOT BackupExec -- different animal) has a native FreeBSD 3.2 agent that works very well on FreeBSD 3.2 and up (I use it with 4.3-STABLE at the moment). They've got backup agents for a whole mess of platforms. You can also use any combination of NT, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX servers. You've pretty much got the run of the park on that one. :-) If you call up Veritas, they should be more than happy to send you a time-limited (90 days, IIRC) demo. I asked for one before we decided to buy it and they shipped the CDs and demo license keys to me next-day. :-) -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For IA32 and Alpha architectures. IA64, PPC, and ARM under development. http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message