I agree with your assessment, I need to understand Amanda a little
better before I will understand if a GUI makes sense. I have just found
the "chapter" so once I get done reading this I may have a better
understanding than I do now.

cheers,

Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Stefan G. Weichinger
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 6:21 PM
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: Amanda GUI

GJ> Jason Lavigne wrote:

>>For configuration, testing and restore purposes for newbies like me.
>>Thanks to the nice folks on this list I have been pointed to a ton of
>>documentation and now I will read it and hopefully understand Amanda
>>enough to understand if a GUI makes sense. If it does I will take a
stab
>>at maybe a Webmin module or something similar.

I will have a close look to it.

Personally I don´t think a GUI has anything to do in a field like
filesystem-backup.

Understanding at least the basic principles of filesystems and
according backup-schemes and -mechanisms seems necessary to me to
assure the backup is worth something.

What would you use the GUI for?

You have to understand Amanda´s way of doing things as well as your
specific situation (~DLEs) to know which value to choose from that
fancy dropdown-menu.

I understand the beginner´s vague need for "it seems simpler, so it
will work"-GUI, but I heavily recommend to wrap your head around the
well-designed and grown-by-evolution ways Amanda does her jobs.

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It will make you happier and sleep better, if you understand.

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Not that I don´t want to see some GUI-interface making all that
backup-stuff even easier. Show me what you think can be done in backup
via GUI. I am ready to learn all the time.

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best regards,
Stefan

Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:monitor AT oops.co DOT at