Topic: E-Smith & Local Backup ??

[Dave Fisher]

Is there any software to get E-smith to backup locally?

I'm running 4 alpha on a box with a 20 Gb HDD and I would like to be able to back it up....

I have a DLT drive but I'm wondering if there is a (relatively) easy way to back it up.

Any RPMs for backup software???

I'm a newbie Linux user so go easy on me

Thanks...

[Colin Mattoon]

If you have no objection to the traditional ways of doing things in Linux/Unix, you might grab a basic Linux book -- something like Linux For Dummies -- there are other books as well, and scope out "tar."

[Aldert van der Laan]

I'd grab a copy of taper from the Linux CD.
That will take care of the backups.
You can also go with a commercial piece of software, but taper is doing a good job for me.  mind you I am using it on another server that backs up the E-smith server.  Connecting through NFS, which is only enabled on the inside NIC.  Be sure not to allow anything in from the outside connection to NFS.

[Niels van Dijk]

Hi,

You might want to take a look at BRU. (www.estinc.com) Although it's a commercial product,
they also have a "Personal edition" for non-commercial use, which comes at a reduced fee.
You can download a 30 days-trail from their website.

It's really very easy to set up Bru with an e-smith server: install the rpm, configure your tape
 device (good examples and good manual from Bru!) and add a job to cron (well, to the template file for cron to be exact)

good luck.

Niels