Amanda packages from Zmanda downloads page

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For Windows client from Zmanda downloads page, see Amanda Windows client installation instructions.

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 package installation errors are logged in this log file.

Amanda user

Amanda packages 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 "amandabackup". 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"


Quick configuration using Zmanda packages

Zmanda website has a white paper on how to install, configure, do backups and recovery using Amanda in 15 minutes.

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