I am trying to backup an apple server. I started out using tar and it works
just fine but tar will not backup special file systems just date. 

So there is no way to backup an Apple server system and restore it to it
original state from the backup.  I wonder how sites with a lot of Apple
servers back up their systems. Hummmm? You would thing that a backup and a
restore would be a mandatory part of an OS. 

Thanks very much for you input.

Robert
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Thompson [mailto:drllama AT otherother DOT com]
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:28 PM
> To: McGraw, Robert P.
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Mac OSX & dump
> 
> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
> I run amanda on two PowerBooks and a Linux server. My amanda server
> is one of the PowerBooks using vtapes that get burned to DVD.
> 
> That said, I would urge you _not_ to use dump to backup a Mac.
> Assuming you are using a recent version of Mac OS X (10.4.X, possibly
> 10.3 I'm not sure) then the version of tar shipped with Mac OS X
> knows all about resource forks and will do the right thing for backup
> and restore.
> 
> /sbin/dump is a Unix utility that Mac OS X inherited from BSD. While
> it can be used for UFS filesystems it will not function correctly for
> HFS and HFS+ filesystems.
> 
> Tar is your friend here! I've had no problems on our Macs with either
> full or incremental backups. I would recommend tailoring your
> disklist so that portions of the filesystem that are always in flux
> (like /private/var/log or /private/var/spool) can be excluded.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bruce.
> 
> On Oct 9, 2006, at 11:32 AM, McGraw, Robert P. wrote:
> 
> >
> > I am trying to backup a Mac OSX using /sbin/dump. I am getting a
> > sizecheck
> > problem.
> >
> > Question number 1, is it possible to use /sbin/dump with amanda? If
> > someone
> > is doing this can you guide me to what I am missing?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Robert
> >

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