Automatic Backup software

[Markus Kolb]

On 04.01.2005 18:43, Oliver Grawert schrieb:
> hi,
> Am Dienstag, den 04.01.2005, 18:23 +0100 schrieb Markus Kolb:
> 
>>can anyone recommend an opensource backup software which can do
>>automatic, unattended backups.
> 
> i used amanda for central backup in big setups some years ago...
> it has a high learning curve and is a real heavyweight but fully
> automated and configurable...

Isn't it very restricted and unflexible?
So to say the name (_Automatic_ Network Disk Archiver) is program.

I've found this:
# In the classic backup scheme you said:
# “I want to have incremental backups from Mo-Th and a full backup on Fr.”
#
# Using AMANDA you say:
# “I want to have at least one full backup in 5 days.”
#
# So you don't have to specify exactly WHEN the full backup should happen.
# You just tell AMANDA some goals it should reach and let it work
# out the details.

What is if I want that Amanda starts now, in this moment, a full backup 
because when it has finished I'll do an OS upgrade or something like that?
Will Amanda collect every file on a full backup or only changed files 
and will it manage the fullbackup by using already backuped (not 
changed) files?

Could it be that there is another documentation which describes better 
how Amanda works? The online docs, I've found, only explains simple 
configuration, tool commands and FAQs. Nothing strategic.

Markus