The system with the tape drive attached runs the amanda server, the other systems run the amanda client. Actually the system with the tape drive runs the amanda client too, to back itself up.
You do not need to nfs-export the two other systems - amanda takes care of running the backup mechanism remotely on each system and transferring the data to the backup server and to the tape. Depending on the size of your tape, you may or may not be able to back up all the systems. This also depends on other factors, like how big your filesystems are on the other systems. Lots of small filesystems are good. The amanda Faq-O-Matic is a good resource when you are starting out, unfortunately it appears to be dead lately. Read the documentation on the amanda web site at least. Amanda is an extremely reliable system, but it is confusing the first time your try to set it up. Just look over the docs and post questions to the list if you get confused. Basically amanda is smarter than you (or me). Once you set it up, it makes all the decisions for you in regards to when a particular filesystem gets backed and such. Don't get hung up on the fact that you can't schedule a particular system to be backed up on a particular day, for example. P. On 10/15/01, John Dalbec wrote: > I want to back up 3 Red Hat 7.1 machines onto a single-drive tape changer > attached to one of them. I would like to do the backup using only 1 tape for > all three machines. Which of the machines need to have amanda-client > installed? Which need to have amanda-server? Do I need to NFS export the two > machines without a tape drive to the one with a tape drive? Thanks, > John Dalbec -- Philip J. Hollenback [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hollenback.net
