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---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Allen, Jack" <Jack.Allen at McKesson.com>
To: "'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:40:39 -0400
Subject: RE: System backup

> Ok, booting from tape may not be possible I agree. But what I need
> is commercially supported backup solution that uses a tape drive to hold the
> bulk of the backup. This is for customer we sale our application to. We want
> to be able to recommend something. We do NOT want to provide any scripts or
> other programs for them to do their system backup with because we do not
> want to be directly responsible for it.
> 
> Thanks:
> 	Jack Allen
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Jones [mailto:Steven.Jones at vuw.ac.nz] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 6:20 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: RE: System backup
> 
> Backups use Tar.
> 
> Bootable tapes not possible, but dvd-r's would be with a rh kickstart
> system on the dvd and a script to do the tar restore as one hit.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Steven
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen, Jack [mailto:Jack.Allen at McKesson.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 12 October 2005 10:37 a.m.
> To: 'Redhat-list at redhat.com'
> Subject: System backup
> 
>         I am sure this has been asked many times and I searched the web
> and got a lot of hits. But I though I would ask again here to see what
> is recommended and why. In other words tell me what you like and which
> ones to stay away from. I need something that is basically simple that
> writes to a direct attached tape drive. It would be nice if the backup
> was bootable to be able to do a complete bare metal restore.
> 
> Thanks: 
>         Jack Allen
> 
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