Robert Amanda is built on some bash scripts so you can understand and modify it to your needs. We used it at Cirrus. Bacula might be a strong contender. Cheers -- Rick On February 22, 2018 10:33:24 AM EST, "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> wrote: > > i'm prepping to teach 5 days of compTIA linux+ next week, after >which the students will have the option to write exams based on that >content for their LPI certification, so i'm working my way through the >course manual and just hit the section on backups, which opens with >explaining how to use "dump". argh. > > i understand that dump is ubiquitous, and that it integrates with >entries in /etc/fstab but, beyond that, does anyone seriously use dump >for official backups these days? > > i suspect i'll have to cover that utility to some extent, just >because it could conceivably be on the exam, so even if i consider >some of the course content utterly archaic, i still have to cover it. > > but what are folks out there using for their backups these days? >tar? rsync? amanda? the possibilities are endless, of course, but i'll >still cover dump, even as i strongly discourage people from using it. > >rday > >-- > >======================================================================== >Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, >CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > >Twitter: >http://twitter.com/rpjday >LinkedIn: >http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday >======================================================================== >_______________________________________________ >Linux mailing list >Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux -- Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com