On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 09:48:40AM -0400, Matt Emmott wrote:
> > user-tar != comp-user-tar
> 
> Oh, didn't know that.
> 
> > And where's the user-tar dumptype?
> 
> }
> 
> define dumptype user-tar {
>     root-tar
>     comment "user partitions dumped with tar"
>     priority medium
> }
> 
> So if I understand correctly, I should add the compress line into the
> user-tar section? Since it's a Samba mount and not a native Amanda backup
> per se, should I be using a "server" compression rather than a "client" one?
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT 
> > amanda DOT org]
> > On Behalf Of Joshua Baker-LePain
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:33 AM
> > To: Matt Emmott
> > Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> > Subject: Re: A question on compression
> > 
> > On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 at 3:42pm, Matt Emmott wrote
> > 
> > > backup /home/windows_server_name/folder1 user-tar
> > >
> > > falcon /var/folder1 comp-user-tar
> > 
> > user-tar != comp-user-tar
> > 
> > > define dumptype comp-user-tar {
> > >
> > >    user-tar
> > >
> > >    compress client fast
> > >
> > >    index yes
> > >
> > > }
> > 
> > And where's the user-tar dumptype?
> > 


I'd do it differently, create a new dumptype similar
to what you have now for comp-user-tar.

define dumptype comp-user-tar-samba {
   # or call it comp-server-user-tar
   user-tar
   compress server fast
   index yes
}

And use that dumptype for your samba DLE's

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