Amanda-Users

Re: Amanda for windows?

2004-03-17 17:32:34
Subject: Re: Amanda for windows?
From: Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
To: Michael Kahle <michael.kahle AT scc-wi DOT com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:29:49 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 at 4:08pm, Michael Kahle wrote

> Has there been any discussion or development on an Amanda client that can
> run on a Windows box?  I have never looked at the source for Amanda nor the
> windows backup API, so this might be a stupid question.  I just thought
> asking would be a good starting point.
> 
> The Amanda/samba solution does not work well for my Exchange Server.  It
> also has limited ability to filter out files that I do not want backed up.
> It is very limiting to have to explicitly exclude files or directories when
> doing a samba backup.  I have quite a few NT servers that I would love to
> backup with Amanda and ax the crappy Backup Exec program we are using.  But
> with functionality being where it is currently in Amanda, I am afraid I have
> no choice.

Recent releases compile under cygwin...

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

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