Re: Recommended tape backup software

[Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi y jams...

tape backup sw...
	"find | gre | tar " works best for me...
	( going to tape or disks )

- tons of free backup scripts   and few more commercial apps

	which you use depends n your budget and 
	amount of data  and backup media you use
	and comfoprt level of find|tar  and/or cpio, dump, etc

- most of what needs to be done for backups can be done in 1 lines or so
	( 3-4  crontab entries ... )

	# daily incremental of last 8 days
	find /$DIRS -mtime -8 | tar cvf /dev/tape -T-

	# weekly incremental of last 32 days
	find /$DIRS -mtime -32 | tar cvf /dev/tape -T-
	
	# montly incremental of last 90 days..
	find /$DIRS -mtime -90 | tar cvf /dev/tape -T-

	# do a full backup however often ya like..
	tar cvf /dev/tape /$DIRS

-- done --
	- make n-copies of it if ya paranoid -

	- encrypt it if ya even mroe paranoid -

	- ... on and on ..

c ya
alvin


On Tue, 21 May 2002, Jamin W. Collins wrote:

> On 21 May 2002 14:31:02 -0500
> "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > I think we're well past the point where we must agree to
> > disagree about the best way to back up enterprise databases.
> 
> Agreed.  Now, would it be possible to get back to the original topic "tape
> backup software".  I (for one) am very interested to hear what about
> people experiences, recommendations (or lack thereof) concerning tape
> backup software.  I don't care much for a philisophical debate over
> whether to use tapes or hard drives.  I've already made the decision to
> use tapes and am relatively open to hear what works and what doesn't for
> others out there.
> 


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