> >By config directory I presume you mean like "/etc/amanda/Daily"? > > If that is where you put it when amanda was "./configured" > > >And where is the indices directory? > > And that is specified in the amanda.conf file, like this: > > ------------snip from amanda.conf-------------- # Amanda > needs a few Mb of diskspace for the log and debug files, # as > well as a database. This stuff can grow large, so the conf # > directory isn't usually appropriate. Some sites use > /usr/local/var # and some /usr/adm. > # Create an amanda directory under there. You need a > separate infofile # and logdir for each configuration, so > create subdirectories for each # conf and put the files > there. Specify the locations below. > > # Note that, although the keyword below is infofile, it is > only so for # historic reasons, since now it is supposed to > be a directory (unless # you have selected some database > format other than the `text' default) infofile > "/usr/local/var/amanda/Daily/curinfo" # database DIRECTORY > logdir "/usr/local/var/amanda/Daily" # log directory > indexdir "/usr/local/var/amanda/Daily/index" # index directory > tapelist "/usr/local/etc/amanda/Daily/tapelist" # list of > used tapes # tapelist is stored, by default, in the directory > that contains amanda.conf > -------------------------- > > Which should explain it. You're welcome to a copy of the > script I use if you'd like, just yell. It checks to see what > it was called when invoked and modifies its behaviour > accordingly. You would need to edit it for some of the > paths, or to extract those paths from the amanda.conf, one of > those things the infamous shoemaker never did get around to > building for his kids :)
Thanks for the help Gene. I have addded a couple of lines to my backup script that look like this: # backup the amanda files in case of backup server crash tar -czf /home/myhome/serverA.tar.gz /var/lib/amanda/ /etc/amandahosts /etc/amandapass /etc/amanda/ /var/log/amanda/ scp -2pi /location/of/keyfile /home/myhome/serverA.tar.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/myhome/ Does that look like it will get all the necessary files? I wouldn't mind taking a look at your script too :-). Also, this is on a Debian system and all of the files are in the default location for the debian packages (2.4.5p1). Regards, Gordon
