Stefan G. Weichinger
-AMANDA Core Team
+Amanda Core Team
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Table of Contents
I._Installation
- 1._AMANDA_2.4.x_-_System-Specific_Installation_Notes
+ 1._Amanda_2.5.0_-_System-Specific_Installation_Notes
Solaris_2.6
+ Solaris
+
Trusted_Solaris
SunOS_4.x
Mac_OS_X
- 2._AMANDA_Installation_Notes
+ 2._Amanda_Installation_Notes
Before_doing_anything
- Compiling_the_AMANDA_sources
+ Compiling_the_Amanda_sources
- Setting_up_your_AMANDA_Configuration
+ Setting_up_your_Amanda_Configuration
Setting_up_the_Tape_Server_Host
- 4._Indexing_with_AMANDA
+ 4._Indexing_with_Amanda
Database_Format
7._Tapetypes
- 8._AMANDA_Tape_Changer_Support
+ 8._Amanda_Tape_Changer_Support
Introduction
Notes_about_changer.conf
- AMANDA's_actual_usage_of_chg-scsi
+ Amanda's_actual_usage_of_chg-scsi
Configuration_notes
III._HOWTOs
- 12._AMANDA_on_Cygwin_HOWTO
+ 12._Amanda_on_Cygwin_HOWTO
Install_Cygwin
Other_Preparation
- Compile_AMANDA
+ Compile_Amanda
Configure_Cygwin_files
Windows_NT/2000/XP
- Notes_on_AMANDA_backup_options
+ Notes_on_Amanda_backup_options
Compression
- 13._How_to_use_the_AMANDA_file-driver
+ 13._How_to_use_the_Amanda_file-driver
Introduction
15._How_to_use_a_wrapper
+ Bert_de_Ridder's_suggestions
+
+ Paul_Bijnens's_suggestions
+
+
+ 16._How_to_do_Amanda-server-side_gpg-encrypted_backups.
+
+
+ Setup
+
+ Test
+
+ Plans
+
+
+ 17._How_to_use_different_auth_with_Amanda
+
+
+ Introduction
+
+ BSD
+
+ BSDTCP
+
+ BSDUDP
+
+ KRB4
+
+ KRB5
+
+ RSH
+
+ SSH
+
+
+ For_amdump:
+
+ For_amrecover:
+
+
+
+
IV._Various_Information
- 16._Using_AMANDA
+ 18._Using_Amanda
An_Introduction
- AMANDA_Features
+ Amanda_Features
- Future_Capabilities_of_AMANDA
+ Future_Capabilities_of_Amanda
- AMANDA_Resources
+ Amanda_Resources
- Installing_AMANDA
+ Installing_Amanda
Install_Related_Packages
Perform_Preliminary_Setup
- Configure_the_AMANDA_Build
+ Configure_the_Amanda_Build
- Build_and_Install_AMANDA
+ Build_and_Install_Amanda
- Configuring_AMANDA
+ Configuring_Amanda
Decide_on_a_Tape_Server
Run_amdump
- Read_AMANDA's_Reports
+ Read_Amanda's_Reports
Monitor_Tape_and_Holding_Disk_Status
Miscellanous_Operational_Notes
- Advanced_AMANDA_Configuration
+ Advanced_Amanda_Configuration
Adjust_the_Backup_Cycle
Excluding_Files
- Restoring_with_AMANDA
+ Restoring_with_Amanda
Configuring_and_Using_amrecover
Using_amrestore
- Restoring_Without_AMANDA
+ Restoring_Without_Amanda
- 17._AMANDA_FAQ
+ 19._Amanda_FAQ
- 18._Collection_of_the_top_ten_AMANDA_questions._And_answers.
+ 20._Collection_of_the_top_ten_Amanda_questions._And_answers.
Reason_for_starting_this_list.
...
- 19._AMANDA_WISHLIST
-
- 20._AMANDA_Survey_Results
+ 21._Amanda_WISHLIST
V._Technical_Background
- 21._How_AMANDA_uses_UDP_and_TCP_ports
+ 22._How_Amanda_uses_UDP_and_TCP_ports
TCP_port_allocation
Firewalls_and_NAT
- 22._AMANDA_dumper_API
+ 23._Amanda_dumper_API
Introduction
Conclusion
- 23._AMANDA_Internals
+ 24._Amanda_Internals
Protocols
taper(read)_and_taper(write)
- 24._AMANDA_Event_API
+ 25._Amanda_Event_API
Introduction
event_loop
+ event_wait
+
event_wakeup
- 25._AMANDA_Security_API
+ 26._Amanda_Security_API
Introduction
- 26._Virtual_Tape_API
+ 27._Virtual_Tape_API
- 27._Using_Kerberos_with_AMANDA
+ 28._Using_Kerberos_with_Amanda
- AMANDA_2.5.0_-_KERBEROS_v4_SUPPORT_NOTES
+ Amanda_2.5.0_-_KERBEROS_v4_SUPPORT_NOTES
Configuration
conf_file
- AMANDA_2.5.0_-_KERBEROS_v5_SUPPORT_NOTES
+ Amanda_2.5.0_-_KERBEROS_v5_SUPPORT_NOTES
Building
VI._Historical_files
- 28._Response_to_CPIO_Security_Notice_Issue_11:
+ 29._Response_to_CPIO_Security_Notice_Issue_11:
Affected_Versions
Acknowledgements
- 29._Upgrade_Issues
+ 30._Upgrade_Issues
- 30._What_once_was_new
+ 31._What_once_was_new
- What's_new_in_AMANDA_2.3
+ What's_new_in_Amanda_2.3
Indexing_backups_for_easier_restore
amadmin_import/export
- What's_new_in_AMANDA_2.2
+ What's_new_in_Amanda_2.2
Client_side_setup_has_changed
- 31._Multitape_support_in_AMANDA_2.2
+ 32._Multitape_support_in_Amanda_2.2
Introduction
- 32._Thoughts_about_a_Strategy_API
+ 33._Thoughts_about_a_Strategy_API
- 33._Y2K_Compliancy
+ 34._Y2K_Compliancy
- 34._Usage_of_floppy_tape_drives_on_Linux
+ 35._Usage_of_floppy_tape_drives_on_Linux
VII._Appendixes
- 35._The_AMANDA_Manual_Pages.
+ 36._The_Amanda_Manual_Pages.
+
+
+ amadmin - administrative interface to control Amanda backups
+
+ amaespipe - wrapper program for aespipe
+
+ amanda - Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
+
+ amanda.conf - Main configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced
+ Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
+
+ amanda-client.conf - Client configuration file for Amanda, the
+ Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
+
+ amcheck - run Amanda self-checks
+
+ amcheckdb - check Amanda database for tape consistency
+
+ amcleanup - run the Amanda cleanup process after a failure
+
+ amcrypt - reference crypt program for Amanda symmetric data
+ encryption
- 36._Web_Ressources
+ amcrypt-ossl - crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption
+ using OpenSSL
+
+ amcrypt-ossl-asym - crypt program for Amanda asymmetric data
+ encryption using OpenSSL
+
+ amdd - Amanda version of dd
+
+ amdump - back up all disks in an Amanda configuration
+
+ amfetchdump - extract backup images from multiple Amanda tapes.
+
+ amflush - flush Amanda backup files from holding disk to tape
+
+ amgetconf - look up amanda.conf variables
+
+ amlabel - label an Amanda tape
+
+ ammt - Amanda version of mt
+
+ amoverview - display file systems processed by Amanda over time
+
+ amplot - visualize the behavior of Amanda
+
+ amrecover - Amanda index database browser
+
+ amreport - generate a formatted output of statistics for an
+ Amanda run
+
+ amrestore - extract backup images from an Amanda tape
+
+ amrmtape - remove a tape from the Amanda database
+
+ amstatus - display the state of an Amanda run
+
+ amtape - user interface to Amanda tape changer controls
+
+ amtapetype - generate a tapetype definition.
+
+ amtoc - generate TOC (Table Of Contents) for an Amanda run
+
+ amverify - check an Amanda tape for errors
+
+ amverifyrun - check the tapes written by the last Amanda run
+
+
+ 37._Web_Ressources
Index
4.1. Protocol_between_amindexd_and_amrecover
- 20.1. Operating_Systems_Running_on_AMANDA_Server_Hosts
-
List of Examples
- 16.1. A_C_Program_to_Check_the_AMANDA_Service_Numbers
+ 2.1. /etc/crontab
+
+ 2.2. /etc/services
+
+ 2.3. /etc/inetd.conf
+
+ 2.4. /etc/xinetd.d/amandaidx
+
+ 2.5. /etc/xinetd.d/amidxtape
+
+ 2.6. /etc/amanda/supervise/amandaidx/run
+
+ 2.7. /etc/amanda/supervise/amidxtape/run
+
+ 2.8. /etc/services
+
+ 2.9. /etc/inetd.conf
+
+ 2.10. /etc/xinetd.d/amanda
+
+ 2.11. /etc/amanda/supervise/amanda/run
+
+ 15.1.
+
+ 15.2.
+
+ 16.1. /usr/local/libexec/amgtar
+
+ 16.2. /usr/local/bin/amaespipe
+
+ 16.3. bz2aespipe.patch
+
+ 18.1. A_C_Program_to_Check_the_Amanda_Service_Numbers
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