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.
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
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?
--------------------------------
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
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)
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?
-----------------------------------
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 <listname>-request@amanda.org, or amanda-lists@amanda.org,
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
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
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