--On Friday, February 07, 2003 11:04:54 -0800 Amro Radwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
All, I've pretty much setup everything I need on the Amanda Backup Server.. but now I'm trying to configure the Amanda Client. I've got to say the documentation in the Unix Backup and Recovery by W. Preston, doesn't really go into depth of configuring the client. Can anyone recommend any good reading of how to configure the Amanda client? I'm using a predominantly Sun environment, with a few NT/2000 boxes. -Amro
Install the software (you can configure with the --without-server option if it will never be used as the Amanda server). Create the backup user and group (if they don't already exist) Create backup user's home directory if needed Create ~backupuser/.amandahosts: serverhost.dom.ain backupuser chmod 600 ~backupuser/.amandahosts mkdir ~backupuser/gnutar-lists (if you're using tar, directory should be whatever specified in configure's --with-gnutar-listdir=) touch /etc/amandates chown backupuser:group all of the above Add to /etc/services: amanda 10080/udp # Amanda backup Add to /etc/inetd.conf: amanda dgram udp wait backup /amanda/install/path/libexec/amandad amandad kill -HUP <inetd PID> If using tar and you have an exclude file in your dumptype called amanda.exclude, at the top level of each DLE create amanda.exclude (i.e., if your DLE is /home then create /home/amanda.exclude containing lines like: ./bob/cache ./joe/tmp Add the DLE to your disklist, then run amcheck <config> to verify it all works. Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
