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Re: How smart is AMANDA
2005-07-13 02:24:09
Hi, Chris
You could use a script that 'replaces'
tar on the client and that checks to see if a job is still running, if
there is, it waits with the tar command.
I don't have the document describing
the procedure with me right now, but I use this kind of scripts to shut
down databases and/or other services on clients before I send the data.
I have send the document to Stefan Weichinger
for the Amanda documentation I'm sure he will send you a copy if he reads
this :-)
Regards,
Bert De Ridder
PeopleWare NV - Head Office
Cdt.Weynsstraat 85
B-2660 Hoboken
Tel: +32 3 448.33.38
Fax: +32 3 448.32.66
PeopleWare NV - Branch Office Geel
Kleinhoefstraat 5
B-2440 Geel
Tel: +32 14 57.00.90
Fax: +32 14 58.13.25
http://www.peopleware.be
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u r lame if u insist on trying
2 b l337 by abbrev evythng u type when asking ppl 4 hlp. kiddie speak is
teh sux. ppl. plz stop teh kiddie speak. thx.
hint: aol kiddie speak is not
cool, it just makes people not want to read your post.
Chris Saunders <chris AT pbconsult DOT com>
Sent by: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
13/07/2005 00:18
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I am in search of a backup solution for 25 linux boxes
and 10 WinXP
boxes spread out in 3 different cities. Amanda seems quite capable
of
handling straight forward backups, however my situation is a bit
difficult.
I will be the only one doing these backups and I would like the process
to be as automated as possible. Our linux boxes run traffic simulation
models that can take 25 to 30 hours to run. Our engineers relentlessly
run these boxes almost non-stop. Our simulations are extremly heavy
on
the I/O, so running a backup while a simulation is running is out of the
question. And since these simulations take so long to run, telling
my
engineers they cannot use the machine over the weekend because of a
scheduled backup would not work at all.
So I need a smart backup plan that can adjust to different schedules
based on machine avaliability, but at the end of the week have a dump of
each machine. Any ideas?
Is there a way for AMANDA to determine if a machine is busy or idle and
do the backup only when it is idle? On the same token can it pause
its
backup of that box if another simulation is started.
Would I have any issues dumping to disk or NAS?
Thanks for the help!
Chris Saunders
PBConsult
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