X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=ea01abe945a57bf3a1c6da48eb322c5097925ec2;hb=96f35b20267e8b1a1c846d476f27fcd330e0b018;hp=66237de6c9c8a44214b608d978a0c7bf204381a1;hpb=3ab887b9bc819a846c75dd7f2ee5d41fac22b19f;p=debian%2Famanda diff --git a/README b/README index 66237de..ea01abe 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ Here are some features of Amanda: the unix command line. * supports Kerberos 4 security, including encrypted dumps. The Kerberos support is available as a separate add-on package, see the file - KERBEROS.HOW-TO-GET on the ftp site, and the file docs/KERBEROS in this - package, for more details. + KERBEROS.HOW-TO-GET on the sourceforge site, and the file docs/KERBEROS + in this package, for more details. + * Supports secure communication between server and client using OpenSSH. + * Can encrypt dumps on Amanda client or on Amanda client using GPG or any + encryption program. * for a restore, tells you what tapes you need, and finds the proper backup image on the tape for you. * recovers gracefully from errors, including down or hung machines. @@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ Here are some features of Amanda: send an e-mail report of any problems that could cause the backups to fail. * can compress dumps before sending or after sending over the net, with - either compress or gzip. + either compress or gzip or custom program. * can optionally synchronize with external backups, for those large timesharing computers where you want to do full dumps when the system is down in single-user mode (since BSD dump is not reliable on active @@ -86,8 +89,6 @@ than the holding disk: Amanda will send those dumps directly to tape one at a time. If you have many such dumps you will be limited by the dump speed of those machines. -Amanda does not yet support single backup images larger than a tape. - WHAT SYSTEMS DOES AMANDA RUN ON? -------------------------------- @@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ Amanda should run on any modern Unix system that supports dump or GNU tar, has sockets and inetd, and either system V shared memory, or BSD mmap implemented. -In particular, Amanda 2.4.1p1 has been compiled, and the client side tested +In particular, Amanda has been compiled, and the client side tested on the following systems: AIX 3.2 and 4.1 BSDI BSD/OS 2.1 and 3.1 @@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ on the following systems: FreeBSD 2.2.5 IRIX 5.2 and 6.3 GNU/Linux on x86, m68k, alpha, sparc, arm and powerpc + Mac OS X 10 NetBSD 1.0 Nextstep 3 (*) OpenBSD 2.5 x86, sparc, etc (ports available) @@ -111,22 +113,18 @@ on the following systems: Ultrix 4.2 HP-UX 9.x and 10.x (x >= 01) -The Amanda 2.4.1p1 server side is known to run on all of the other +The Amanda server side is known to run on all of the other machines except on those marked with an asterisk. -If you know of any system that is not listed here on which amanda -builds successfully, either client&server or client-only, please -report to amanda-hackers@amanda.org. - WHERE DO I GET AMANDA? ---------------------- -There are several versions of Amanda. The latest version at the time -of this writing is available at: - - ftp://ftp.amanda.org/pub/amanda +Amanda is a sourceforge.net project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/amanda). +Amanda source tree is available at the sourceforge website. +Most Linux distributions include amanda rpms pre-built for various +architectures. HOW DO I GET AMANDA UP AND RUNNING? ----------------------------------- @@ -134,18 +132,21 @@ HOW DO I GET AMANDA UP AND RUNNING? Read the file docs/INSTALL. There are a variety of steps, from compiling Amanda to installing it on the tape server host and the client machines. docs/INSTALL contains general installation instructions. - docs/SYSTEM.NOTES contains system-specific information. - docs/FAQ contains answers to frequently asked questions. - docs/KERBEROS explains installation under Kerberos 4. - docs/TAPE.CHANGERS explains how to customize the changer interface. - docs/WHATS.NEW details new features. + docs/NEWS details new features in each release. + +You can read Amanda documentation at the official project-site +http://www.amanda.org + +and at the AMANDA-Wiki at + +http://wiki.zmanda.com and WHO DO I TALK TO IF I HAVE A PROBLEM? ------------------------------------- -Amanda is completely unsupported and made available as-is. However, -you may be able to get useful information in the Amanda mailing lists: +You can get Amanda help and questions answered from the mailing lists and +Amanda forums: ==> To join a mailing list, DO NOT, EVER, send mail to that list. Send mail to -request@amanda.org, or amanda-lists@amanda.org, @@ -163,11 +164,9 @@ you may be able to get useful information in the Amanda mailing lists: amanda-users The amanda-users mailing list is for questions and general discussion - about the Amanda Network Backup Manager. This package and related - files are available via anonymous FTP from ftp.amanda.org in the - pub/amanda directory. NOTE: the amanda-users list is itself on the - amanda-announce distribution, so you only need to subscribe to one of - the two lists, not both. + about the Amanda Network Backup Manager. NOTE: the amanda-users list + is itself on the amanda-announce distribution, so you only need to + subscribe to one of the two lists, not both. To subscribe, send a message to amanda-users-request@amanda.org. amanda-hackers @@ -176,6 +175,7 @@ you may be able to get useful information in the Amanda mailing lists: ports, bugs, fixes, and alpha testing of new versions. To subscribe, send a message to amanda-hackers-request@amanda.org. +==> Amanda forums: http://forums.zmanda.com Share and Enjoy, The Amanda Development Team