2 The Official AMANDA Documentation
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8 The Official AMANDA Documentation
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32 1._Amanda_2.5.0_-_System-Specific_Installation_Notes
51 Sinix_5.43_(Reliant_Unix)
74 2._Amanda_Installation_Notes
79 Compiling_the_Amanda_sources
81 Setting_up_your_Amanda_Configuration
84 Setting_up_the_Tape_Server_Host
86 Set_up_the_Backup_Client_Hosts
99 Choosing_an_exclude_mechanism
114 The_ps_command_is_your_friend.
118 4._Indexing_with_Amanda
127 Protocol_Between_amindexd_and_amrecover
133 Changes_from_amindex-1.0
135 Changes_from_amindex-0.3
137 Changes_from_amindex-0.2
139 Changes_from_amindex-0.1
141 Changes/additions_to_2.3.0
146 5._Backup_PC_hosts_using_Samba
161 II._About_Tapes_and_Changers
166 8._Amanda_Tape_Changer_Support
171 Specifying_a_tape_changer_in_amanda.conf
173 Device-specific_tapechanger_script
175 Slot_names_and_the_"current"_slot
179 How_amdump_interacts_with_the_tape_changer
181 Builtin_tape-changers
184 chg-multi_(formerly_chg-generic)
186 chg-manual_(formerly_no-changer)
188 chg-mtx_(formerly_hp-changer)
192 chg-scsi-chio_(formerly_seagate-changer,_then_chg-chio)
194 chg-scsi_(new_interface,_try_to_drive_a_robot_with_direct
220 Notes_about_changer.conf
222 Amanda's_actual_usage_of_chg-scsi
229 10._RAIT_(Redundant_Array_of_Inexpensive_Tape)_Support
239 11._Printing_of_Labels
255 12._Amanda_on_Cygwin_HOWTO
264 Configure_Cygwin_files
266 Configure_Windows_System_Files
268 Configure_inetd_to_run_automatically_as_a_service
274 Notes_on_Amanda_backup_options
285 13._How_to_use_the_Amanda_file-driver
303 15._How_to_use_a_wrapper
306 Bert_de_Ridder's_suggestions
308 Paul_Bijnens's_suggestions
311 16._How_to_do_Amanda-server-side_gpg-encrypted_backups.
321 17._How_to_use_different_auth_with_Amanda
348 IV._Various_Information
358 Future_Capabilities_of_Amanda
365 Install_Related_Packages
367 Perform_Preliminary_Setup
369 Configure_the_Amanda_Build
371 Build_and_Install_Amanda
375 Decide_on_a_Tape_Server
377 Decide_Which_Tape_Devices_to_Use
379 Decide_Whether_to_Use_Compression
381 Decide_Where_the_Holding_Space_Will_Be
383 Compute_Your_Dump_Cycle
385 Copy_and_Edit_the_Default_Configuration_File
387 Configure_the_Holding_Disk
389 Configure_Tape_Devices_and_Label_Tapes
391 Configure_Backup_Clients
401 Read_Amanda's_Reports
403 Monitor_Tape_and_Holding_Disk_Status
405 Adding_Tapes_at_a_Particular_Position_in_the_Cycle
407 Miscellanous_Operational_Notes
410 Advanced_Amanda_Configuration
413 Adjust_the_Backup_Cycle
417 Monitor_for_Possible_Improvements
422 Restoring_with_Amanda
425 Configuring_and_Using_amrecover
429 Restoring_Without_Amanda
435 20._Collection_of_the_top_ten_Amanda_questions._And_answers.
438 Reason_for_starting_this_list.
442 the_localhost-question
444 the_friday-tape-question
446 the_multiple-dumps-question
448 the_mailing-list-question
454 the_tapetype-questions
460 the_holding-disk_question
468 V._Technical_Background
471 22._How_Amanda_uses_UDP_and_TCP_ports
476 User_TCP_port_range_(--with-tcpportrange)_summary
480 User_UDP_port_range_(--with-udpportrange)_summary
485 23._Amanda_dumper_API
495 The_`support'_command
498 The_`selfcheck'_command
500 The_`estimate'_and_`estimate-parse'_commands
502 The_`backup'_and_`backup-parse'_commands
504 The_`index-from-output'_and_`index-from-image'_commands
506 The_`restore'_command
508 The_`print-command'_command
518 server_and_amandad_on_client
524 taper(read)_and_taper(write)
573 26._Amanda_Security_API
583 protocol_packet_transmission_functions
639 28._Using_Kerberos_with_Amanda
642 Amanda_2.5.0_-_KERBEROS_v4_SUPPORT_NOTES
652 Amanda_2.5.0_-_KERBEROS_v5_SUPPORT_NOTES
661 Destination_Host_Permissions_file
669 29._Response_to_CPIO_Security_Notice_Issue_11:
681 31._What_once_was_new
684 What's_new_in_Amanda_2.3
687 Indexing_backups_for_easier_restore
693 Multiple_backups_in_parallel_from_one_client_host
695 Multiple_tapes_in_one_run
697 Bottleneck_determination
701 amadmin_import/export
704 What's_new_in_Amanda_2.2
707 Client_side_setup_has_changed
709 Version_suffixes_on_executables
713 Multiple_holding_disks
721 Mount_point_names_in_disklist
723 Initial_tape-changer_support_included
725 Generic_tape_changer_wrapper_script
729 Changer_support_added_to_command_amlabel
731 Tape_changer_support_improved
733 A_few_words_about_multi-tape_runs
737 Level-0_dumps_allowed_with_no_tape
741 32._Multitape_support_in_Amanda_2.2
746 New_Planner_Algorithm
767 Tapelist_File_Changes
771 33._Thoughts_about_a_Strategy_API
775 35._Usage_of_floppy_tape_drives_on_Linux
781 36._The_Amanda_Manual_Pages.
784 amadmin - administrative interface to control Amanda backups
786 amaespipe - wrapper program for aespipe
788 amanda - Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
790 amanda.conf - Main configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced
791 Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
793 amanda-client.conf - Client configuration file for Amanda, the
794 Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
796 amcheck - run Amanda self-checks
798 amcheckdb - check Amanda database for tape consistency
800 amcleanup - run the Amanda cleanup process after a failure
802 amcrypt - reference crypt program for Amanda symmetric data
805 amcrypt-ossl - crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption
808 amcrypt-ossl-asym - crypt program for Amanda asymmetric data
809 encryption using OpenSSL
811 amdd - Amanda version of dd
813 amdump - back up all disks in an Amanda configuration
815 amfetchdump - extract backup images from multiple Amanda tapes.
817 amflush - flush Amanda backup files from holding disk to tape
819 amgetconf - look up amanda.conf variables
821 amlabel - label an Amanda tape
823 ammt - Amanda version of mt
825 amoverview - display file systems processed by Amanda over time
827 amplot - visualize the behavior of Amanda
829 amrecover - Amanda index database browser
831 amreport - generate a formatted output of statistics for an
834 amrestore - extract backup images from an Amanda tape
836 amrmtape - remove a tape from the Amanda database
838 amstatus - display the state of an Amanda run
840 amtape - user interface to Amanda tape changer controls
842 amtapetype - generate a tapetype definition.
844 amtoc - generate TOC (Table Of Contents) for an Amanda run
846 amverify - check an Amanda tape for errors
848 amverifyrun - check the tapes written by the last Amanda run
859 4.1. Protocol_between_amindexd_and_amrecover
870 2.4. /etc/xinetd.d/amandaidx
872 2.5. /etc/xinetd.d/amidxtape
874 2.6. /etc/amanda/supervise/amandaidx/run
876 2.7. /etc/amanda/supervise/amidxtape/run
882 2.10. /etc/xinetd.d/amanda
884 2.11. /etc/amanda/supervise/amanda/run
890 16.1. /usr/local/libexec/amgtar
892 16.2. /usr/local/bin/amaespipe
894 16.3. bz2aespipe.patch
896 18.1. A_C_Program_to_Check_the_Amanda_Service_Numbers
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