OSX (10.2.3) and Amanda

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I am looking to use Amanda to backup some Mac OSX systems running version 10.2.3.

The Amanda server is running Amanda 2.4.3 on a Redhat Linux (7.2), and I am wondering what ways there are to backup the Macs. I know Amanda can use samba, but does it come with every installation of osx? If so, and this would be a good idea, how would I use smbclient on the linux box, to access the macs.

Also, I think that maybe getting a terminal window inside of mac osx and wgetting the source and installing amanda as a client on the macs would be another idea. Not sure what all would be invovled in this though.

Does anyone have any insight into any of this? I'm looking for the easiest way to use Amanda as the server software to backup Mac OSX systems..... samba is an idea.... amanda (client) is another... whats better.... how can i set this up on the mac osx end... and are there any other options that anyone can think of?

TIA!

---Steven
 
The problem you will have with using the amanda client on OS X is, it will only properly work if the system is using a UFS file system. 99.99% of all OS X boxes are using HFS+ which supports resource forks on files. None of the standard UNIX utilities such as tar/dump/cpio which amanda uses works with resource forks. The app will say all is fine and dandy, but when you go to restore, you'll have a useless file if that file had a resource fork. Many apps such as Mozilla will not run on a UFS partition, so using UFS as the main partition is out for alot of folks. You could backup files using samba, but once again, if the file has a resource fork, you won't get that portion when backed up via samba, and the file could become useless to you. It all really depends on what type of files you're trying to backup.

Brian
 
FYI, 'Retrospect' is the name of commercial backup software from Dantz software. Looks like it's about $50.

Doug
 
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