rusty@BELCH.BERKELEY.EDU (rusty wright) (06/13/89)
Please email repsonses; I don't read this newsgroup. I'm looking for a backup (dump) system for backing up a bunch of workstations that have local disks. The way I envision it working is that the operator logs in on system "A" and runs the command "backup". backup reads a file which is simply a list of system names. For each system it contacts a slave backup on that system which consults its local configuration file and if there is anything to be backed up tells the master backup to ask the operator to mount the correct tape on the tape drive of "A", then it starts the rdump program. In case that wasn't entirely clear let me try to list the requirements: 1. For each workstation, the filesystems to be backed up are specified on the workstation by a local config file. That way the user/owner of that workstation controls what gets backed up, how often. The config file for each workstation should specify which filesystems get dumped, on which days, and what levels to do. 2. Must use the standard dump command on each system. Some systems may be System V, some BSD. 3. For safety's sake, regardless of their expertise, the backup program should assume that the operators know nothing and be fairly verbose, particularly about which tape to mount.