Hi, I need to backup data to an HP autoloader, it needs to be *full* backups each time so using Amanda doesn't make sense. Can someone point me to what utilities to use to access the autoloader, I would rather read up on this myself as my knowledge here is very weak. I am moving this unit from a windows environment running Backup Exec. I know all of those features won't be available but I was hoping to control in some predictable manner what tapes are used in what order to effectively partition the loader. Thanks, jlc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080117/224b4ff5/attachment-0002.html>
----- "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale at ActiveNetwerx.com> wrote:> Hi, > I need to backup data to an HP autoloader, it needs to be *full* > backups each time so using Amanda doesn?t make sense. > > > > Can someone point me to what utilities to use to access the > autoloader, I would rather read up on this myself as my knowledge here > is very weak. I am moving this unit from a windows environment running > Backup Exec. I know all of those features won?t be available but I was > hoping to control in some predictable manner what tapes are used in > what order to effectively partition the loader. > > > > Thanks, > jlc > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner , and is > believed to be clean. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centosAre you looking for suggestions on a complete backup solution which has autloader support or are you just after information about the tools ? I've used bacula in production at a few sites, it has all the enterprise features, except a good GUI ;-) It can control autoloaders and do full backups each night etc. http://bacula.org Typically, people use 'mt' to control autoloaders from the CLI. Cheers. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
> > I need to backup data to an HP autoloader, it needs to be *full* > backups each time so using Amanda doesn?t make sense. > > Can someone point me to what utilities to use to access the > autoloader, I would rather read up on this myself as my knowledge here > is very weak. I am moving this unit from a windows environment running > Backup Exec. I know all of those features won?t be available but I was > hoping to control in some predictable manner what tapes are used in > what order to effectively partition the loader. >i would still use amanda for this - that was she can look after the tape order etc and she can control mtx to use the robot. in the amanda.conf just have the number of tapes set to 1 so that she knows each night has to be a complete level0 or in your disk list state level0 every time.