Amanda-Users

Re: basic question

2006-04-25 21:01:09
Subject: Re: basic question
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: "Amanda user's group" <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:55:20 -0400
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 12:05:57AM +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> shigeru serizawa schrieb:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Can I ask a very primary question?
> 
> Sure ...
> 
> > Can amanda archive a windows NTFS file system?
> 
> Either via smbclient or mount.cifs ...
> 
> > If amanda can mount NTFS volume then she may access files as CIFS so I
> > guess she can...
> 
> You can mount the FS via mount.cifs (or older mount.smbfs) and dump the
> mountpoint via the native Amanda-client or you use Amanda's
> smbclient-functionality to access a SMB-share (NTFS or FAT, shared by MS
> Windows).
> 

With the caveat that windows will not let you backup some things, registry,
recycle bin, some system files, any file open by another application.

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Jon H. LaBadie                  jon AT jgcomp DOT com
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