[KLUG Members] Backup

[Jeremy Leonard]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

>>I'm looking for backup software for Linux that supports open files.
>>Does such an animal exist? You do you all use for backup?
>>I have the hardware. An Ultrium2 autoloader. I just need the software.
>>I'm not looking for to disk backup.
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>star,  included in your distro; they also have their own rmt server for
>backing up to a remote tape drive - VERY fast.
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>Of course, according to the System Administrator's Moral Code I'm
>required to point out that backing up open files is a very dicey affair
>- if you need true 'hot' backup then your application ***MUST***
>implement transactions (and obviously have a corresponding rollback
>facility).
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Most backup solutions for NetWare or Microsoft offer an open file 
option. There are also products like St. Bernard Open File Manager. I'm 
looking for something like this for Linux.

I have a Novell GroupWise server running on SLES9. Novell states to 
backup the data you must use a backup system that supports open files. 
It there something about Linux that negates the need for a specific open 
file manager?

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