RE: [SLUG] Backup programs

[George Vieira <georgev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tapeware does have a trial version.. 30 days.. I had a bit of a problem
installing it only because I was beta testing it and I couldn't enter the
KEY code.
There are 2 versions of the program, 1 is GUI and the other is text menu
driven..

The funny thing was that they ported it too well that the start up for the
text menu popped up with a Hint screen and asked me to press F10 and the F10
wouldn't work.. probably not mapped properly for some reason. "So off to the
GUI!" he says

For around 9 GB of data on the tape it and 5 tapes it created something like
70MB of data in the database..

http://www.tapeware.com give it a try.. it runs as a "service" under linux..

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Collins [mailto:terryc@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 9:18 PM
To: George Vieira
Cc: 'slug@xxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Backup programs


George Vieira wrote:
 
> This is what I'm looking for in a backup program.

Is this single box or enterprise?

http://www.woa.com.au/linux/reports/backup has some comments on
Arkeia, Bru and Novanet so far (Yep, Anthony I'm acutely aware I have
another to review)
 
> 1. Must be GUI (Boss is not good at Unix) which has a selectable
> backup/restore (similar to Kdat).

I don't know Kdat, but have you tried BRU?

> 2. Does a cpio or tar backup.

Look on the http://www.everythinglinux.com.au site for Anthony's free
scripts if you want something based around this. Not icons, but good
scripts.

> 3. Does filesystem backups (uses /dev/nst0 and on a filesystem by
filesystem backup)

> 4. Can setup, save it and it runs at a cron level.
 
> Tapeware is the closest I could get but uses huge disk space for the
> database and is commercial. But it's the best backup I've seen for Linux.

Does it have a trial version?

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