Great examples here for you. I'll make some comments about the parts we DON'T use, in case you don't need them either.
On Aug 1, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Markus Iturriaga Woelfel <[email protected]> wrote: > Alexander - You need to define your "dumptypes" in your amanda.conf file (or > another file included in that). You can then refer to them in your > "disklist". Your best source for information should be the amanda.conf manual > page. This is also where you can learn about the other features of the > amanda.conf file such as inheritance. > > You may only need one dump type for a very basic setup or you may want to set > up something more complex. You may also want to look at the manual page for > amgtar, amanda's interface with tar. Here is an example from our amanda > configuration: > > First I set up the options for amgtar: > > define application-tool app_amgtar { > plugin "amgtar" > property "ATIME-PRESERVE" "NO" > property "ONE-FILE-SYSTEM" "NO" > property "SPARSE" "YES" > property "ACLS" "YES" > property "SELINUX" "NO" > property "XATTRS" "YES" > property "CHECK-DEVICE" "NO" > property append "IGNORE" ": value .* out of time_t range" > property append "NORMAL" ": file changed as we read it" > property append "NORMAL" ": Exiting with failure status due to previous > errors" > } > You may not need amgtar at all, if regular tar is sufficient for you. I use amgtar only in SOME cases, and I only bother with the last three lines, so that I get less printed in my "error" outputs. > This tells amgtar what flags to use for tar and what kind of messages to > ignore or consider normal. I have a few other "application-tool" definitions > as well. > > Next, I have a global dump type template that sets options I want to include > in all my other dump types: > > define dumptype global { > index yes > strategy standard > ssh_keys "/etc/amanda/eecs/ssh-key" > } > > Since I use SSH as the transport mechanism for Amanda, I want to define the > key to use in all dumptypes. > > I can then inherit this in a specific dump type: > > define dumptype amgtar-nolvm { > global > auth "ssh" > comment "Backup using amgtar with best server-side compression" > compress server custom > server_custom_compress "/usr/bin/pigz" > program "APPLICATION" > application "app_amgtar" > } You might be able to drop the last two lines and just use program "GNUTAR" if gnu tar works for you. It's easier to start with just plain tar, perhaps. I personally change "global" into something that tells me it isn't a keyword: I use MYglobal or something like that, to indicate that it's a name. > > As you can see, I include the "global" definition, tell it to use a custom > compress program (pigz, a multi-threaded version of gzip which gives me a > nice speed boost on this 8-core server). I then tell it that I want to use > the application tool app_amgtar (which I defined earlier) as the backup > program. > > I now have a dumptype I can use in my disk list, for example: > > #Host Disk Dumptype > Spindle Network > abzu.eecs.utk.edu /etc amgtar-nolvm > 2 main The last two bits might not be necessary either -- I don't use them. Just hostname disk dumptype myhost.where.ok /etc MYtar for example. Deb Baddorf > > My example may be more or less complex than what you need in your setup. I > hope that gets you started. > > Grüße nach Deutschland, > > Markus > On Aug 1, 2013, at 6:38 AM, Alexander Geronymakis > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >> Betreff: I need help! >> Datum: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:39:46 +0200 >> Von: Alexander Geronymakis <[email protected]> >> An: [email protected] >> >> Hi, >> I'm new to IT , I' m currently doing my internship in a firm in >> germany.I was recently asked to make a research on backup software and >> we all agreed on trying amanda community version as a best solution.So >> after I had succesfully installed and tested the server, I'm currently >> having troubles setting up the clients.More specific ,I have 4 virtual >> machines running debian6-64bit under a centOS host, 3 as clients and >> one as server.My question is how to setup exactly the dumptype in the >> disklist configuration file.I mean what are the options/choices/format? >> amcheck is giving me errors for it and I could't find any helpful infos >> on the internet.Moreover, is amcheck supposed only to run on the >> server?because ,no matter how I tried on the clients I always get the >> same error: amcheck: command not found . I have double-checked >> dependencies,various procedures etc. and everything seems to be in >> order.The version I installed is the latest stable release 3.3.4. I know >> my questions might sound very noob to you,but hey, I'm new to this.I >> would be sooo happy if somenone could help me figure that out. >> >> >> > > --- > Markus A. Iturriaga Woelfel, IT Administrator > Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science > University of Tennessee > Min H. Kao Building, Suite 424 / 1520 Middle Drive > Knoxville, TN 37996-2250 > [email protected] / (865) 974-3837 > http://twitter.com/UTKEECSIT > > > > > > > >
