Amanda

[Gregory J. Neumann]

Bob,

Don't know if you get SysAdmin, but the April issue was all about 
backup and recovery.  One of the articles was this:

http://www.samag.com/documents/s=7033/sam0204a/sam0204a.htm

Between that and the sources listed, I was able to get amanda up and 
running.  But I really can't offer much help past that.  A software 
vendor managed to convince my boss that all our problems were 
Linux related and he decreed a switch to Win00 Server, so now it's 
gone!  :-(  And ... of course ... the problems w/ the program remain! 
:-P

Well, one of our 8-port switches cooked itself yesterday ... I got a 
replacement today, so it's back to rerouting the jury-rig I threw 
together yesterday.  No biggie, but annoying.

-Greg

> I know that some folks here have used amanda in the past and may still be doing
> so.  I have a server with one DLT (that works, now) that handles Email.  I'm
> using 'maildir' format for the messages if that matters.
> 
> I'd like a quick explaination of what needs to be done to set up amanda to back
> up this beast and how tapes are handled.  We currently are only using about 5
> Gig on a 90-ish gig filesystem so we could fit lots on a tape.  We want to
> start some sort of schedule that will allow us to take tapes offsite
> periodically.  We'd also like this to happen automagically after hours.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated since the amanda docs seem to be somewhat
> daunting to someone that doesn't have a lot of time to study them.
> Thanks...
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Bob
> 
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