Hi!
As this tends to be a general "where should amanda development go"
discussion
I throw in my opinion too:
.) The "localhost" issue comes up in a daily basis here.
I agree with others here, that there "has to be" a solution how
precompiled packages,
not only on Linux, can be configured so that backup & recovery work
properly
without compiling anything!
--> The localhost issue must be reconsidered more general!
(I think the stategy of recovery must be reconsidered from ground up
to make
a simple "localhost" configuration usable and maybe the operator has to
enter the missing host indentification at recovery time .... ??!?? )
I tend to use precompiled RPMs on production systems - faster more
reliable
install, easier to upgrade - and thats what I pay the distributor for
to do all the
nasty fiddling around with autoconf and dependencies etc.
Imagine to collect and compile all the little bits and pieces that
form a nowerdays
Linux distribution by hand everytime you set up a Linux box!
Nobody expects to recompile ls if the hostname changes!
.) Things like the binding to binaries (dump, tar etc) must be
configurable, without
recompiling -> config files!
.) Client side "plugins" that may be run before and after each "disk"
must be
easily configurable - wrappers are a hack! (and need recompiling -
see above)
A short term solution would be to add standard-wrappers to the
tarball and
precompiled packages which may be changed by the operator ...
.) Furthermore I am missing a standard procedure how to cope with a failed
disk backup which is bigger than the available tapes sticking around
in your
holding disk - maybe only a doc - problem - but I think amadmin
should have
something like a cancel command ?
.) And there is the long promised "multi tape" solution for disks larger
than tapes ....
Be honest - disks grow ten times faster then tapes - we have to
accept this -
and furthermore most of us use some kind of virtualisation of disk
space which
makes the filesystem to be managed independend of available disk
sizes ....
Bye, Peter
WOTLmade
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