Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] tape backup to a mac
From: Bruce Feist (bfeist@flock.org)
Date: Sat May 15 1999 - 22:05:51 EDT
I'm with Danny on this one -- Retrospect on the Mac is an incredibly good
program; it has built-in scheduling and tracking features. It already
supports Mac and PC clients using TCP/IP; in a conversation with their tech
support staff, I found out that at one point they had a Unix client,
although I don't think it was ever marketed. I wish they would.
Bob Atkins wrote:
> Actually what would be way cool is if someone developed a backup
> utility for the Mac that used the Unix rmt(1M) (remote magnetic tape)
> facility. rmt is incredibly simple to use and it would make network
> backups of Macs and PCs a breeze.
>
> >
> > Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to do tape backups from my
> > linux box to a tape drive connected to a mac. The mac is connected to
> > the internet and on an apple talk network. The tape drive is an APS
> > hyperdat 2 scsi. The client software for backups on that mac is
> > retrospect 3.0. I was thinking there might be something like "pap"
> > for doing tape backups. That would be cool.
> >
> > Danny Rice
> >
>
> ---
> Bob
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