Amanda packages from Zmanda downloads page

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Installation directories

Directory Examples
Amanda commands /usr/sbin amadmin, amrecover
Amanda internal binaries /usr/lib/amanda amandad, driver (libexec directory)
Amanda libraries /usr/lib libamanda.a, libamclient.a
Amanda local/shared state directory /var/lib/amanda gnutar-lists
Amanda man pages /usr/share/man

Installation logs

Installation logs are created in /var/log/amanda directory. All Amanda rpm installation errors are logged in this log file.

Amanda user

Amanda RPMs create "amandabackup" user as the Amanda user. All the installed binaries have "amandabackup" as the owner and "disk" as the group name. The "amandabackup" user account is locked till the system administrator sets the password for the user. The Amanda user "amandabackup" home directory will be /var/lib/amanda.

amandates file

/etc/amandates file is automatically created as part of the post-installation script

.amandahosts file

Default .amandahosts file is created in /etc directory and it is owned by Amanda user. The contents of the file are: 

localhost.localnet        amandabackup
localhost.localnet        root

gnutar-lists

gnutar-lists directory is created in "/etc" directory and is owned by Amanda user "amandabackup"


Example amanda.conf

Example Amanda configuration file is not included in the rpms. Please download it from here.

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