Backup Documentation Help

Adam Sommer asommer70 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 17 15:48:41 UTC 2007


Thanks for the reply Aaron,


> The script is nice, but speaking from an IT Manager's perspective, this
> just isn't quite what I would want.
>
> Personally, I need a tool that offers lots of enterprise features. So far,
> the backup tool I've found that seems to have the best feature set is
> Bacula.
>

I forgot to mention it, but the plan is to also add instructions for using
Bacula as a backup solution.  Also, any other backup applications, like
amanda, are not out of the question.


>
> The only complaint I have is that the documentation leaves a lot to be
> desired. The same can be said for a lot of projects though.


Do you have any specifics you'd like covered?



>
> I guess if you are looking for a very simple non-enterprise backup
> solution, these scripts might suffice. I'd wager for most businesses, they
> wouldn't be sufficient from an overall backup strategy.


That's correct the idea behind the shell script section is to provide a
simple example, not an "enterprise" solution.  A way to backup a machine
before reinstalling for instance.


-- 
Party On,
Adam
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