At 16:46 2/6/2002, Frank Smith, wrote: > Forget about "all fulls on weekend, incrementals weekdays"
Does this mean do full backups each time? > Check your index files for Big Numbers. Big files? > Make sure you can do a restore. > Use Amanda in parallel with your existing backups until you are > comfortable with your ability to restore your data. > >Frank > > >--On Wednesday, February 06, 2002 16:26:44 -0500 "Bort, Paul" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 1. REBDA (Read Everything Before Doing Anything) >> >> 2. Be prepared to run the configure/install process a few times until you >> get it the way you want. >> >> 3. Remember to do both the server setup and client setup on the server. >> >> 4. Start by just backing up the backup server. >> >> 5. Start by changing tapes by hand. Add the changer once all the clients are >> working. >> >> 6. /tmp/amanda/*debug >> >> 7. Yes it's a complex install, but the reward is industrial-strength >> cross-platform backup and restore that you can hack to your specifications. >> (No Backup Exec bitterness here, no.) >> >> 8. Build your own. Whoever made the RPM or DEB didn't have your network in >> mind. >> >> Any other suggestions from the list? >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: W. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:03 PM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Cc: KEVIN ZEMBOWER >>> Subject: Re: Amanda install reality check >>> >>> >>> Any hints, tips or gotchas that would be helpful for the >>> 'uninitiated'? (Especially FreeBSD & HP SureStore DAT 40) >>> >>> At 14:09 2/6/2002, KEVIN ZEMBOWER, wrote: >>> > For-what-it's-worth dept.: In the year that I've been a >>> full-time Unix >>> > system administrator, I guess I've installed 40-50 different >>> packages, >>> > mostly from source. Amanda was the second most time-consuming and >>> > difficult; only Xwindows was harder for me. >>> > >>> > -Kevin Zembower >>> > >>> > ----- >>> > E. Kevin Zembower >>> > Unix Administrator >>> > Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs >>> > 111 Market Place, Suite 310 >>> > Baltimore, MD 21202 >>> > 410-659-6139 >>> > >>> >>>> gene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/06/02 01:49PM >>> >>> > <snip> >>> > I seem to be really struggling to get this to work. I did think it >>> > would >>> > be easier than this ;-) >>> > </snip> >>> > Gene >>> >>> Start Here to Find It Fast!� -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/start.htm >>> > > > >-- >Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 >Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501 > > Start Here to Find It Fast!� -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/start.htm
