Hello all,
I'm trying to get the win32 client up and running.  I followed Kurt Yoder's
instructions (below), but amcheck is still timing out.  I'm almost certain
that it has to do with the tcp/ip ports amanda is using.  My server was
compiled with the following:
--with-portrange=50000,50100 --with-udpportrange=850,860

I'm running the win32 client with the following command:
start amandad -tcp=50000,50100 -udp=850,860 -no-exit

I've tried many permutations of that command, but with no luck.  Any one
have some insight on how to correctly specify tcp/udp ports to the win32
client?

Many thanks in advance,

Chris Noon
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kurt Yoder
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 2:29 PM
To: Jon LaBadie
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Win32 client setup


Jon LaBadie wrote:
> I did not feel the installation instructions were too clear.
> Maybe I have not found the correct ones.  Pointers?

This is very true; I had to fiddle a bit to make it work. Here's what I
did:

-download the "amanda-clients-bin" latest zip file and unzip it
-make a folder "usr" in one of your drives
-move the amanda folder into it; path to binaries should be
\usr\amanda\bin and so forth
-copy pw32.8.dll from the "bin" folder to "libexec" and "sbin" folders
-copy \usr\amanda\share\amanda-win32-clients\.amandahosts to
\usr\amanda\etc\amanda\
-add your amanda master to the \usr\amanda\etc\amanda\.amandahosts
-start your amanda test: run \usr\amanda\libexec\rc.amandad.bat (an
empty dos window should pop up)
-add entries to the amanda master's disklist; use the form "<hostname>
/mnt_<drive letter> <dump-type>", one for each disk on each nt host; my
disklist entry for my nt host looks like "gandalf /mnt_c user-tar", etc
-run amcheck on the master, make sure you see the server connecting on
the nt host; you should see its name show up in the window on the nt
machine that rc.amandad.bat opened
-if the test was successful, close rc.amandad.bat and install
\usr\amanda\libexec\amandad.exe as a service named "amandad" (use
srvany.exe from the nt resource kit for this); service should be a
system account and start up automatically
-suggested registry entries for the amandad service are in
\usr\amanda\share\amanda\amandad.reg; double click on this file to
install its keys
-make sure the drive letter and path in the registry's
hklm/system/ccs/services/amandad/parameters key matches where
amandad.exe is actually installed
-start up the amandad service

> Two questions, does the W32 client anticipate the cygwin package
> is installed on the M$ box?  Though I did not see it stated, I
> got that impression.

Cygwin is not necessary.

> Second, I came across a page describing environment variables
> that need be set.  Something about the PW32 environment (Posix
> Win 32??).  Are these set on the unix amanda server or on the
> client when started from the service routines?

I didn't set any environment variables on the NT machine.

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