Hi Juergen--
>I had installed amanda on a tape server and there amanda is running fine.
>Now, I want to be install amanda on a client running under Kernel 2.2.17, so
>that the tape server can backup the client.
>I have decompressed the sources on the client and i´m not shure which options
>i need to configure amanda. I think that i will be using
>./configure --with-name=amanda
> --with-group=disk
> --with-config=Daily
> --without-server
>is this correct?
You might also want to use the following options:
--with-tape-server=server-name.domain.com
--with-tape-device=/dev/rmt/0m (or whatever the tape
devices is)
>And what must be changed on the tape server so that amanda is backing up the
>client?
>I have in the disklist file on the tape server this entries
>10.0.1.50 sdb1 Daily 1
>10.0.1.50 sdb1 Daily 2
>10.0.1.50 sdc1 Daily 3
>
>Is that correct that i make a new entry in the disklist file on th tape server
>10.0.1.49 hda1 Daily 4
>so that amanda is going on the client and make a backup?
I think that will work, although, I have not tried it. I have a
separate
configuration for each of the machines I backup.
cjw