jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) (03/07/91)
>>>>> On 6 Mar 91 18:50:25 GMT, farrow@ridley.coyote.trw.com (Dave Farrow) said:
Dave> I am looking for a backup and restore system for a network of Sun
Dave> workstations (3/60s, 4/370s, and sparc 1+'s) running SunOS 4.1.1. I am
Dave> interested in a system that will allow files and directories to be excluded
Dave> from the backups. And I would like a more intelligent restore program that
Dave> will easily allow a non interactive specification of files to extract. And
Dave> it would be even better if the system was smart enough not to restore files
Dave> from old dumps that have since been deleted intentionally by the user.
Dave> Does such a system exist? If if does how can I find it? If it doesn't, are
Dave> there any suggestions how I would go about writing such a system
Dave> I have considered using a combination of tar and csh scripts to do this
Dave> but I'm not sure how to deal with the problem when the tape reaches the end
Dave> and there is more to retore. I have not thought about any other solutions
Dave> yet because I am hoping that something already exists.
Dave> Please answer by email. If there is sufficient interest I will post a
Dave> summary in a few weeks.
Dave> -dave
If you could Dave, please summarize to the net.
Also, could someone lead the way where I can get some admininstrative tools
for a small SunOS 4.1.1 network of workstations? We have about 8 workstations
and a user community of about 20. Now, I realize this aint much, but I am
not doing this full-time and I am new System Administrating.
Thanks People!!
JC
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