I am not sure if i have it working the best way, but it meets our needs, so here is one suggestion (i hope it is usefull to you).
1. compile, install and follow the instructions and configure amanda.conf to use the file driver instead of tape drivers (i can send you our amanda.conf if you need it). Most of the info you need is in the install doc. 2. create a directory for your backups, such as /var/spool/backup 3. Under this directory, put subdirectories which will correspond with the 'tapes', or the day's backups. In our config, i have named them according to the date, such as 20020609, 20020610, etc. 4. make a symbolic link called 'data' and link it to the directory which will hold the days backups. 5. using amlabel, label the daily backup directory, (eg. amlabel DailySet1 DailyBackup20020610), which will write a bit if info in the directory as if it was labelling a tape. 6. Run the day's backups. 7. when your backup is complete, unlink 'data' and link it to the new directory you will then use for the next day's backups. 8. I made this process a bit more automated by writing a shell script which accomplishes these tasks each night before the backups run out of cron. It seems to work fine for us, and i would be happy to answer with more details if you need it. good luck! cheers, john. Jeremy Koski wrote: > > > I read somewhere that the ability to back up directly to a hard drive > rather than tape exists in 2.4.3. Could somebody point me in the right > direction on how to set this up? I looked through the amanda.conf and > searched through the documentation, but couldn't find anything that would > relate to this. > > > Thank you. > > Sincerely, > Jeremy Koski >
