From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 5 08:41:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA15908 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jan 1996 08:41:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from main.statsci.com (main.statsci.com [198.145.127.110]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA15900 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 1996 08:41:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from block.statsci.com by main.statsci.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tYFCN-000r3vC; Fri, 5 Jan 96 08:40 PST Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by block.statsci.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA18236; Fri, 5 Jan 1996 08:40:59 -0800 Message-Id: <199601051640.IAA18236@block.statsci.com> To: Terry Lambert cc: wjh@bhoss.ifx.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tar backup to another machine ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 Jan 1996 19:55:04 -0700." <199601050255.TAA01089@phaeton.artisoft.com> Reply-to: scott@statsci.com Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 08:40:58 -0800 From: Scott Blachowicz Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert wrote: > You would probably be better off using the "Amanda" port in "packages" > if your intent is to perform remote backups. That reminds me... Is it possible to use amanda to do backups without having a "work" disk? At one point, I was fiddling with using it to manage backups on my home system, but I just want it to manage the dumps. I don't need it to parallelize anything or buffer anything (nor do I have the free disk space to allow it to). Also, is it possible for amanda to put multiple days' backups on the same tape? I've got a 2.3Gb tape drive (Exabyte), but I don't have THAT much stuff to backup. Or does it really need one tape per backup run? Or am I better off just cobbling together my own scripts to automate it? Or should I RTFM better/more thoroughly? :-) thanx, Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 StatSci, a div of MathSoft, Inc. 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org