Re: Encrypted remote backups & issues

[Alexander Zangerl <az@snafu.priv.at>]

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:18:42 +0200, Christian Jaeger writes:
>How can amanda or dump find out what has changed without accessing 
>the data from the last backup? 

dump records time and backup level (0=full,1=changes since full etc.) 
in a file called "dumpdates" (/var/lib on FHS-compliant systems, 
/etc/dumpdates elsewhere) and goes from there.

>Does it require a local full backup to build the encrypted incrementals? 

no. all you need for incrementals is a time to discern stuff that has
changed and therefore needs to be backed up.

regards
az

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