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   8 Various Information
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  12 Additional information about AMANDA
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  14 Here you find various other documents like the AMANDA FAQ, the Top Ten
  15 Questions and the AMANDA-Wishlist. You can also find the last AMANDA-Survey in
  16 here (although it still needs formatting ... sorry, Jon ...). The latest
  17 addition is the "famous" AMANDA-chapter by John R. Jackson.
  18 Table of Contents
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  21   15._Using_AMANDA
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  24         An_Introduction
  25
  26         AMANDA_Features
  27
  28         Future_Capabilities_of_AMANDA
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  30         AMANDA_Resources
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  32         Installing_AMANDA
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  35               Install_Related_Packages
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  37               Perform_Preliminary_Setup
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  39               Configure_the_AMANDA_Build
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  41               Build_and_Install_AMANDA
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  43               Configuring_AMANDA
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  45               Decide_on_a_Tape_Server
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  47               Decide_Which_Tape_Devices_to_Use
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  49               Decide_Whether_to_Use_Compression
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  51               Decide_Where_the_Holding_Space_Will_Be
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  53               Compute_Your_Dump_Cycle
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  55               Copy_and_Edit_the_Default_Configuration_File
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  57               Configure_the_Holding_Disk
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  59               Configure_Tape_Devices_and_Label_Tapes
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  61               Configure_Backup_Clients
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  63               Test_and_Debug_Setup
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  66         Operating_Amanda
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  69               Run_amdump
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  71               Read_AMANDA's_Reports
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  73               Monitor_Tape_and_Holding_Disk_Status
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  75               Adding_Tapes_at_a_Particular_Position_in_the_Cycle
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  77               Miscellanous_Operational_Notes
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  80         Advanced_AMANDA_Configuration
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  83               Adjust_the_Backup_Cycle
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  85               Adjust_Parallelism
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  87               Monitor_for_Possible_Improvements
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  89               Excluding_Files
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  92         Restoring_with_AMANDA
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  95               Configuring_and_Using_amrecover
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  97               Using_amrestore
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  99               Restoring_Without_AMANDA
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 103   16._AMANDA_FAQ
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 106         QUESTION:_Why_does_AMANDA_fail_to_build_on_my_system?
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 108         QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_that_all_disks_failed?
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 110         QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"port_NNN_is_not_secure"?
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 112         QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_claim_that_the_tape_is_"not_an_amanda_tape"?
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 114         QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_report_"selfcheck_request_timed_out"?
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 116         QUESTION:_Why_does_amandad.debug_contain_"error_receiving_message"?
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 118         QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"access_as_<username>_not_allowed..."?
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 120         QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_report_"ip_address_#.#.#.#"_is_not_in_the_ip
 121         list_list_for_<hostname>'?
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 123         QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"cannot_overwrite_active_tape"?
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 125         QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_tell_me_"DUMP_program_not_available"?
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 127         QUESTION:_Which_tape_changer_configuration_should_I_use_in_amanda.conf?
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 129         QUESTION:_Should_I_use_software_or_hardware_compression?
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 131         QUESTION:_How_can_I_configure_AMANDA_so_that_it_performs_full_backups
 132         on_the_week-end_and_incrementals_on_weekdays?
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 134         QUESTION:_What_if_my_tape_unit_uses_expensive_tapes,_and_I_don't_want
 135         to_use_one_tape_per_day?_Can't_AMANDA_append_to_tapes?
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 137         QUESTION:_How_can_I_configure_AMANDA_for_long-term_archiving?
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 139         QUESTION:_Can_I_backup_separate_disks_of_the_same_host_in_different
 140         configurations?
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 142         QUESTION:_Can_AMANDA_span_large_filesystems_across_multiple_tapes?
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 144         QUESTION:_What's_the_difference_between_option_"skip-full"_and
 145         "strategy_nofull"?
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 147         QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_"results_missing"?
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 149         QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_"disk_offline"?
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 151         QUESTION:_What_if_amdump_reports_"dumps_way_too_big,_must_skip
 152         incremental_dumps"?
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 154         QUESTION:_amdump_reported_"infofile_update_failed"._What_should_I_do?
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 156         QUESTION:_Why_does_AMANDA_sometimes_promote_full_dumps?
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 158         QUESTION:_Why_does_amrecover_report_"no_index_records"_or_"disk_not
 159         found"?
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 161         QUESTION:_Ok,_I'm_done_with_testing_AMANDA,_now_I_want_to_put_it_in
 162         production._How_can_I_reset_its_databases_so_as_to_start_from_scratch?
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 164         QUESTION:_The_man-page_of_dump_says_that_active_filesystems_may_be
 165         backed_up_inconsistently._What_does_AMANDA_do_to_prevent_inconsistent
 166         backups?
 167
 168         QUESTION:_Which_version_of_GNU-tar_should_I_use?
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 171   17._Collection_of_the_top_ten_AMANDA_questions._And_answers.
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 173
 174         Reason_for_starting_this_list.
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 176         the_DLE-question
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 178         the_localhost-question
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 180         the_friday-tape-question
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 182         the_multiple-dumps-question
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 184         the_mailing-list-question
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 186         the_distro-question
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 188         the_index-question
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 190         the_tapetype-questions
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 192         the_size-question
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 194         the_GUI-question
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 196         the_holding-disk_question
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 198         ...
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 201   18._AMANDA_WISHLIST
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 203   19._AMANDA_Survey_Results
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