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-Chapter 12. AMANDA on Cygwin HOWTO
+Chapter 12. Amanda on Cygwin HOWTO
Doug Kingston
Other_Preparation
- Compile_AMANDA
+ Compile_Amanda
Configure_Cygwin_files
Windows_NT/2000/XP
- Notes_on_AMANDA_backup_options
+ Notes_on_Amanda_backup_options
Compression
Debugging_Files
-
-Note
-
-Refer to http://www.amanda.org/docs/howto-cygwin.html for the current version
-of this document.
-by Doug Kingston, 30 January 2003. Based on Cygwin 1.3.18, and AMANDA 2.4.3-
+by Doug Kingston, 30 January 2003. Based on Cygwin 1.3.18, and Amanda 2.4.3-
20021027 and some fixes which will be in the official release by the time you
see this.
With thanks to Enrico Bernardini from whom I have borrowed some material from
-an earlier attempt at documenting the installation of AMANDA on Cygwin in 2001.
+an earlier attempt at documenting the installation of Amanda on Cygwin in 2001.
Please send annotations and corrections to mailto://amanda-hackers@amanda.org.
I can be reached as dpk (at) randomnotes.org (do the obvious).
list, I would appreciate and email to mailto://amanda-hackers@amanda.org.
One user reported some problems with access rights when running under Cygwin,
which he solved by setting the CYGWIN environment variable to nontsec. I do not
-believe this is necessary if you run the AMANDA daemon as System (see below).
+believe this is necessary if you run the Amanda daemon as System (see below).
Other Preparation
user and group will be important if you are to properly interact with the
security mechanisms of these more modern Microsoft product. For Windows 95/98/
ME this is probably a non-issue. The most privileged account on the Windows
-systems is 'System', and I have chosen to use this account for AMANDA backups
+systems is 'System', and I have chosen to use this account for Amanda backups
to ensure that I can access the widest set of files. On Unix we would run as
root, with equivalent access permissions. I have also chose to run under the
'Administrators' group, another standard Windows group. Ensure these exist
root:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:/home/root:
- Compile AMANDA
+ Compile Amanda
-After installing Cygwin, unpack the AMANDA sources, typically in /usr/src/
-AMANDA or something similar. In the AMANDA directory, you will need to execute:
+After installing Cygwin, unpack the Amanda sources, typically in /usr/src/
+Amanda or something similar. In the Amanda directory, you will need to execute:
automake # this may not be necessary in the official release
autoconf # this may not be necessary in the official release
* create _/home/root/.amandahosts_ (or whereever System's home directory is):
<amanda server> <amanda user>
-Then create the following AMANDA directories and the file amandates:
+Then create the following Amanda directories and the file amandates:
mkdir -p /usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists
* WINDIR\Services: add
- amanda 10080/udp # AMANDA backup services
- amandaidx 10082/tcp # AMANDA backup services
- amidxtape 10083/tcp # AMANDA backup services
+ amanda 10080/udp # Amanda backup services
+ amandaidx 10082/tcp # Amanda backup services
+ amidxtape 10083/tcp # Amanda backup services
where WINDIR is C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc or something similar. The last
following Windows command:
net start/stop inetd
- Notes on AMANDA backup options
+ Notes on Amanda backup options
Compression
pipe emulation in Cygwin. I have not tried to debug this yet. This may be
addressed in a subsequent release, or it could be fixed in later releases of
Cygwin. Due to this issue, we recommend that if you want compressed dumps from
-Windows clients, you configure AMANDA for server compression in amanda.conf on
-your AMANDA server:
+Windows clients, you configure Amanda for server compression in amanda.conf on
+your Amanda server:
define dumptype srv-comp-tar {
global
comment "partitions dumped via tar with server compression"
program "GNUTAR"
compress server fast
- exclude list ".AMANDA.exclude"
+ exclude list ".Amanda.exclude"
}
Debugging Files
-AMANDA will leave debugging files in /tmp/amanda if it exists. I have
+Amanda will leave debugging files in /tmp/amanda if it exists. I have
recommended to create this directory above.
+
+Note
+
+Refer to http://www.amanda.org/docs/howto-cygwin.html for the current version
+of this document.
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