Plus at least on 2.6, ufsdump cleans tar's clock when it comes to speed.
Dana Bourgeois
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Jon LaBadie
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:31 PM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: amanda article on sun.com
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 04:24:17PM +1300, Steve Wray wrote:
> > Its interesting that they don't configure it to use gnu
> tar... and so
> > far as I can tell, none of the config that they give would
> use gnutar
> > to backup Solaris boxes.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:02, Galen Johnson wrote:
> > > Jon LaBadie wrote:
> > > >Recently posted to the "Big Admin"
> > > >section of Sun's website is a pretty
> > > >long article on setting up amanda.
> > > >
> > > >Haven't read it yet, so I'm unable
> > > >to comment on its content.
> > > >
> > >
> >http://enews.sun.com/CTServlet?id=47250049-814460813:10687624
99806
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > >http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/backups_amanda.html
> >
Strictly a guess at the rationale:
standard Solaris does not come with gnutar
an optionally installed package does include it,
but it is version 1.13, not suitable for amanda.
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Jon H. LaBadie jon AT jgcomp DOT com
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