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Re: Mac OSX & dump
2006-10-09 22:39:20
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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