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I have a small server setup running Redhat Linux 6.1, I also have a Travan tape drive installed.
I am able to use it via the command line to back up to /dev/nht0 and it works really well. But the built in backup program called Kdat does not work, I have set it up to point to the device and have also setup default tape drive. But every time I go to mount the tape it tells me that there is no tape in the drive.
Is there any other GUI based backup software?
Thanks in advance.
Yuri.
I use taper, it's gui based and not to bad either, try taper -T as root to see if its installed on your system, do a man taper also, there are quite a few options that can be passed to it from the command line when starting it up, eg taper -i (incremental backup) etc.
Search http://www.linuxapps.com for it, tried posting the direct link but it dosent seem to work properly on my pc today !!!!!
RB :)
Thanks for the link I will have a look around on that site.
Yuri.
You might also look into kbackup.
Thanks mike, I will download that one and have a look.
Yuri.
Also rami3 I checked out the site that you posted but everytime I went to download anything it couldn't find the page.
Hi people,
There a comercial backup aplication for linux called Arkeia who recently has done a free version of their software. The Arkeia Free version is a complete version of the Arkeia solution for 1 Linux server attached to a single-tape tape drive (SCSI) and 2 Type-2 client machines (i.e. Linux, FreeBSD/BSD or a MS-Windows workstation.
Bye
Here you have the link: http://www.arkeia.com/arkeiafree.html
Thanks for the link martillorojo but my tape drive is IDE, pitty because that backup software looked good.
Yuri.
Found the Taper Homepage Yuri, you can download it from there.
Also found this software list when I was searching for taper, there are 44 different backup utils listed with homepage or download links, that should do the job.
RB :)
Thanks for the Link rami3, I will have a look at the website and download taper, and possible Kbackup.
Thanks
Yuri.