There are certainly people on this list that could get Amanda running in a day, but a lot depends on your environment: single- or multi-platform (and which ones), number and capacity of tapes, drives, and libraries, amount of data to back up, etc. Installing on a single popular unix/linux OS with a single library should be doable in a day (although two would be a safer bet), if you thoroughly read the docs and ask questions properly on the list (that means including all relevant details of your setup, exactly what you were trying to do, the exact results or error messages, and relevant log file snippets), so that you can get an answer right off instead of having to post follow-ups. Be aware that from a cold start you need to do a full backup of everything right away, so unless you have very large and fast tapes and/or not too much data, you may not be physically able to get it all backed up today. Amanda normally spreads the fulls around to different days so it's not a problem in the future, but when you first start out there are no fulls to do incrementals on.
Frank --On Wednesday, December 18, 2002 14:01:51 -0500 "Jozwiak, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have had a drastic turn events. We had Legato installed and working. To renew our support with them would have been $$$ costly. We entertained the idea going with a competitor. To make a long story short, they came in and recommended we uninstall legato and install their product. We did.... Now, their product will not initialize properly with the Spectra logic tape library and to make matters worse we cannot get Legato to re-install properly. Needless to say, we have no backups now. How feasible is it to install Amanda and getting it working like, in one day? Any and all input would greatly appreciated. Thanks Paul D Jozwiak WebsitePros, Inc. (Software Systems Analyst) [EMAIL PROTECTED] W 904.680.6602 C 904.219.4981 ------------------------ NOTICE ------------------------ This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily those of the company. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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