Part IV. Various Information Prev Next ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Various Information Additional information about AMANDA Here you find various other documents like the AMANDA FAQ, the Top Ten Questions and the AMANDA-Wishlist. You can also find the last AMANDA-Survey in here (although it still needs formatting ... sorry, Jon ...). The latest addition is the "famous" AMANDA-chapter by John R. Jackson. Table of Contents 15._Using_AMANDA An_Introduction AMANDA_Features Future_Capabilities_of_AMANDA AMANDA_Resources Installing_AMANDA Install_Related_Packages Perform_Preliminary_Setup Configure_the_AMANDA_Build Build_and_Install_AMANDA Configuring_AMANDA Decide_on_a_Tape_Server Decide_Which_Tape_Devices_to_Use Decide_Whether_to_Use_Compression Decide_Where_the_Holding_Space_Will_Be Compute_Your_Dump_Cycle Copy_and_Edit_the_Default_Configuration_File Configure_the_Holding_Disk Configure_Tape_Devices_and_Label_Tapes Configure_Backup_Clients Test_and_Debug_Setup Operating_Amanda Run_amdump Read_AMANDA's_Reports Monitor_Tape_and_Holding_Disk_Status Adding_Tapes_at_a_Particular_Position_in_the_Cycle Miscellanous_Operational_Notes Advanced_AMANDA_Configuration Adjust_the_Backup_Cycle Adjust_Parallelism Monitor_for_Possible_Improvements Excluding_Files Restoring_with_AMANDA Configuring_and_Using_amrecover Using_amrestore Restoring_Without_AMANDA 16._AMANDA_FAQ QUESTION:_Why_does_AMANDA_fail_to_build_on_my_system? QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_that_all_disks_failed? QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"port_NNN_is_not_secure"? QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_claim_that_the_tape_is_"not_an_amanda_tape"? QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_report_"selfcheck_request_timed_out"? QUESTION:_Why_does_amandad.debug_contain_"error_receiving_message"? QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"access_as__not_allowed..."? QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_report_"ip_address_#.#.#.#"_is_not_in_the_ip list_list_for_'? QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"cannot_overwrite_active_tape"? QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_tell_me_"DUMP_program_not_available"? QUESTION:_Which_tape_changer_configuration_should_I_use_in_amanda.conf? QUESTION:_Should_I_use_software_or_hardware_compression? QUESTION:_How_can_I_configure_AMANDA_so_that_it_performs_full_backups on_the_week-end_and_incrementals_on_weekdays? QUESTION:_What_if_my_tape_unit_uses_expensive_tapes,_and_I_don't_want to_use_one_tape_per_day?_Can't_AMANDA_append_to_tapes? QUESTION:_How_can_I_configure_AMANDA_for_long-term_archiving? QUESTION:_Can_I_backup_separate_disks_of_the_same_host_in_different configurations? QUESTION:_Can_AMANDA_span_large_filesystems_across_multiple_tapes? QUESTION:_What's_the_difference_between_option_"skip-full"_and "strategy_nofull"? QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_"results_missing"? QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_"disk_offline"? QUESTION:_What_if_amdump_reports_"dumps_way_too_big,_must_skip incremental_dumps"? QUESTION:_amdump_reported_"infofile_update_failed"._What_should_I_do? QUESTION:_Why_does_AMANDA_sometimes_promote_full_dumps? QUESTION:_Why_does_amrecover_report_"no_index_records"_or_"disk_not found"? QUESTION:_Ok,_I'm_done_with_testing_AMANDA,_now_I_want_to_put_it_in production._How_can_I_reset_its_databases_so_as_to_start_from_scratch? QUESTION:_The_man-page_of_dump_says_that_active_filesystems_may_be backed_up_inconsistently._What_does_AMANDA_do_to_prevent_inconsistent backups? QUESTION:_Which_version_of_GNU-tar_should_I_use? 17._Collection_of_the_top_ten_AMANDA_questions._And_answers. Reason_for_starting_this_list. the_DLE-question the_localhost-question the_friday-tape-question the_multiple-dumps-question the_mailing-list-question the_distro-question the_index-question the_tapetype-questions the_size-question the_GUI-question the_holding-disk_question ... 18._AMANDA_WISHLIST 19._AMANDA_Survey_Results ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prev Up Next Chapter 14. AFS HOWTO Home Chapter 15. Using AMANDA