Stefan G. Weichinger
-
AMANDA Core Team
+<sgw@amanda.org>
+
+Edited by
+
+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
14._AFS_HOWTO
+ 15._How_to_use_a_wrapper
- IV._Various_Information
+ Bert_de_Ridder's_suggestions
- 15._Using_AMANDA
+ Paul_Bijnens's_suggestions
- An_Introduction
+ 16._How_to_do_Amanda-server-side_gpg-encrypted_backups.
- AMANDA_Features
- Future_Capabilities_of_AMANDA
+ Setup
- AMANDA_Resources
+ Test
- Installing_AMANDA
+ Plans
- Install_Related_Packages
+ 17._How_to_use_different_auth_with_Amanda
- Perform_Preliminary_Setup
- Configure_the_AMANDA_Build
+ Introduction
- Build_and_Install_AMANDA
+ BSD
- Configuring_AMANDA
+ BSDTCP
- Decide_on_a_Tape_Server
+ BSDUDP
- Decide_Which_Tape_Devices_to_Use
+ KRB4
- Decide_Whether_to_Use_Compression
+ KRB5
- Decide_Where_the_Holding_Space_Will_Be
+ RSH
- Compute_Your_Dump_Cycle
+ SSH
- Copy_and_Edit_the_Default_Configuration_File
- Configure_the_Holding_Disk
-
- Configure_Tape_Devices_and_Label_Tapes
+ For_amdump:
- Configure_Backup_Clients
+ For_amrecover:
- Test_and_Debug_Setup
- Operating_Amanda
+ IV._Various_Information
- Run_amdump
- Read_AMANDA's_Reports
+ 18._Using_Amanda
- Monitor_Tape_and_Holding_Disk_Status
- Adding_Tapes_at_a_Particular_Position_in_the_Cycle
-
- Miscellanous_Operational_Notes
+ An_Introduction
+ Amanda_Features
- Advanced_AMANDA_Configuration
+ Future_Capabilities_of_Amanda
+ Amanda_Resources
- Adjust_the_Backup_Cycle
+ Installing_Amanda
- Adjust_Parallelism
-
- Monitor_for_Possible_Improvements
- Excluding_Files
+ Install_Related_Packages
+ Perform_Preliminary_Setup
- Restoring_with_AMANDA
+ Configure_the_Amanda_Build
+ Build_and_Install_Amanda
- Configuring_and_Using_amrecover
+ Configuring_Amanda
- Using_amrestore
+ Decide_on_a_Tape_Server
- Restoring_Without_AMANDA
+ Decide_Which_Tape_Devices_to_Use
+ Decide_Whether_to_Use_Compression
+ Decide_Where_the_Holding_Space_Will_Be
- 16._AMANDA_FAQ
+ Compute_Your_Dump_Cycle
+ Copy_and_Edit_the_Default_Configuration_File
- QUESTION:_Why_does_AMANDA_fail_to_build_on_my_system?
+ Configure_the_Holding_Disk
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_that_all_disks_failed?
+ Configure_Tape_Devices_and_Label_Tapes
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"port_NNN_is_not_secure"?
+ Configure_Backup_Clients
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_claim_that_the_tape_is_"not_an_amanda
- tape"?
+ Test_and_Debug_Setup
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_report_"selfcheck_request_timed_out"?
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amandad.debug_contain_"error_receiving
- message"?
+ Operating_Amanda
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"access_as_<username>_not
- allowed..."?
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_report_"ip_address_#.#.#.#"_is_not_in
- the_ip_list_list_for_<hostname>'?
+ Run_amdump
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"cannot_overwrite_active_tape"?
+ Read_Amanda's_Reports
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_tell_me_"DUMP_program_not_available"?
+ Monitor_Tape_and_Holding_Disk_Status
- QUESTION:_Which_tape_changer_configuration_should_I_use_in
- amanda.conf?
+ Adding_Tapes_at_a_Particular_Position_in_the_Cycle
- QUESTION:_Should_I_use_software_or_hardware_compression?
+ Miscellanous_Operational_Notes
- 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?
+ Advanced_Amanda_Configuration
- QUESTION:_How_can_I_configure_AMANDA_for_long-term_archiving?
- QUESTION:_Can_I_backup_separate_disks_of_the_same_host_in
- different_configurations?
+ Adjust_the_Backup_Cycle
- QUESTION:_Can_AMANDA_span_large_filesystems_across_multiple
- tapes?
+ Adjust_Parallelism
- QUESTION:_What's_the_difference_between_option_"skip-full"_and
- "strategy_nofull"?
+ Monitor_for_Possible_Improvements
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_"results_missing"?
+ Excluding_Files
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_"disk_offline"?
- QUESTION:_What_if_amdump_reports_"dumps_way_too_big,_must_skip
- incremental_dumps"?
+ Restoring_with_Amanda
- QUESTION:_amdump_reported_"infofile_update_failed"._What_should_I
- do?
- QUESTION:_Why_does_AMANDA_sometimes_promote_full_dumps?
+ Configuring_and_Using_amrecover
- QUESTION:_Why_does_amrecover_report_"no_index_records"_or_"disk
- not_found"?
+ Using_amrestore
- 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?
+ Restoring_Without_Amanda
- 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?
+ 19._Amanda_FAQ
- 17._Collection_of_the_top_ten_AMANDA_questions._And_answers.
+ 20._Collection_of_the_top_ten_Amanda_questions._And_answers.
Reason_for_starting_this_list.
...
- 18._AMANDA_WISHLIST
-
- 19._AMANDA_Survey_Results
+ 21._Amanda_WISHLIST
V._Technical_Background
- 20._How_AMANDA_uses_UDP_and_TCP_ports
+ 22._How_Amanda_uses_UDP_and_TCP_ports
TCP_port_allocation
Firewalls_and_NAT
- 21._AMANDA_dumper_API
+ 23._Amanda_dumper_API
Introduction
Conclusion
- 22._AMANDA_Internals
+ 24._Amanda_Internals
Protocols
taper(read)_and_taper(write)
- 23._AMANDA_Event_API
+ 25._Amanda_Event_API
Introduction
event_loop
+ event_wait
+
event_wakeup
- 24._AMANDA_Security_API
+ 26._Amanda_Security_API
Introduction
- 25._Virtual_Tape_API
+ 27._Virtual_Tape_API
- 26._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
- 27._Response_to_CPIO_Security_Notice_Issue_11:
+ 29._Response_to_CPIO_Security_Notice_Issue_11:
Affected_Versions
Acknowledgements
- 28._Upgrade_Issues
+ 30._Upgrade_Issues
- 29._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
- 30._Multitape_support_in_AMANDA_2.2
+ 32._Multitape_support_in_Amanda_2.2
Introduction
- 31._Thoughts_about_a_Strategy_API
+ 33._Thoughts_about_a_Strategy_API
+
+ 34._Y2K_Compliancy
+
+ 35._Usage_of_floppy_tape_drives_on_Linux
+
+
+ VII._Appendixes
+
+
+ 36._The_Amanda_Manual_Pages.
+
+
+ amadmin \14 administrative interface to control Amanda backups
+
+ amaespipe \14 wrapper program for aespipe
+
+ amanda \14 Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
+
+ amanda.conf \14 Main configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced
+ Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
+
+ amanda-client.conf \14 Client configuration file for Amanda, the
+ Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
+
+ amcheck \14 run Amanda self-checks
+
+ amcheckdb \14 check Amanda database for tape consistency
+
+ amcleanup \14 run the Amanda cleanup process after a failure
+
+ amcrypt \14 reference crypt program for Amanda symmetric data
+ encryption
+
+ amcrypt-ossl \14 crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption
+ using OpenSSL
+
+ amcrypt-ossl-asym \14 crypt program for Amanda asymmetric data
+ encryption using OpenSSL
+
+ amdd \14 Amanda version of dd
+
+ amdump \14 back up all disks in an Amanda configuration
+
+ amfetchdump \14 extract backup images from multiple Amanda tapes.
- 32._Y2K_Compliancy
+ amflush \14 flush Amanda backup files from holding disk to tape
- 33._Usage_of_floppy_tape_drives_on_Linux
+ amgetconf \14 look up amanda.conf variables
+ amlabel \14 label an Amanda tape
- VII._References
+ ammt \14 Amanda version of mt
+ amoverview \14 display file systems processed by Amanda over time
- 34._Web_Ressources
+ amplot \14 visualize the behavior of Amanda
- 35._The_AMANDA_Manual_Pages.
+ amrecover \14 Amanda index database browser
+
+ amreport \14 generate a formatted output of statistics for an
+ Amanda run
+
+ amrestore \14 extract backup images from an Amanda tape
+
+ amrmtape \14 remove a tape from the Amanda database
+
+ amstatus \14 display the state of an Amanda run
+
+ amtape \14 user interface to Amanda tape changer controls
+
+ amtapetype \14 generate a tapetype definition.
+
+ amtoc \14 generate TOC (Table Of Contents) for an Amanda run
+
+ amverify \14 check an Amanda tape for errors
+
+ amverifyrun \14 check the tapes written by the last Amanda run
+
+
+ 37._Web_Ressources
Index
4.1. Protocol_between_amindexd_and_amrecover
- 19.1. Operating_Systems_Running_on_AMANDA_Server_Hosts
-
List of Examples
- 15.1. 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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