 | | | Backup management software recommendations required | Backup management software recommendations required 2004-01-13 - By Benjamin J. Weiss
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From: "Donald Tyler " <dtyler@(protected) >
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>Hi,
>
>We have recently expanded our network rather quickly and have added 5
RedHat
>9 servers to our single Mac XServe Server.
>
>We used to use a piece of software for managing network backups called
>Retrospect, which worked perfectly. But they don 't seem to have any
software
>for Linux.
>
>What I am hoping is that someone can recommend a piece of software I can
use
>to automate and remotely manage the backup of all six servers, preferably
>using a GUI interface.
>
>Retrospect worked in such a way that you installed client software on each
>machine, and then install a single server with the control software. Using
>this method, you did not have to set up any kind of file sharing etc as the
>client software would back itself up onto the server. It could be automated
>and I would get error messages from both the clients and the servers if a
>client had not checked in for its regular backup.
>
>It would be ideal if I could get something similar, but it is not
essential.
>The only essential features are that its automated and manageable over a
>network.
I haven 't used it myself, so take this with a grain of salt, but I 've heard
that the standard free network-backup software for unix is Amanda.
http://www.amanda.org
Ben
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