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* [[What is AMANDA?]]
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* [[Why does Amanda not append to a tape?]]
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This section lists frequent questions about Amanda by users who are unfamiliar with how it works.  If you have installed Amanda and are having trouble, you may also want to check the [[Troubleshooting]] section.
* [[Backup_client#Which_backup_program_for_filesystems_is_better.3F|Dump vs Tar... Which is better?]]
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* [[Why does amrecover erase files?]]
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* [[FAQ:Where should I ask questions?]]
* [[Why does `amrecover` start over and over again, when I tell it to extract from tape?]]
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* [[FAQ:What is the difference between Amanda and Zmanda?]]
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= Common Problems =
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* [[FAQ:Amanda has been running fine for years, and just stopped]]
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* [[FAQ:I'm seeing "Request to AMANDA CLIENT failed: timeout waiting for ACK"]]
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= Concepts =
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Amanda doesn't work like other backup programs.  Users who are new to Amanda are often confused by these fundamental differences.
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* [[FAQ:How are backup levels defined and how does Amanda use them?]]
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* [[FAQ:How do I make Amanda do full backups on weekends and incrementals during the week?]]
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* [[FAQ:How do I force Amanda to do a full backup?]]
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* [[Amanda:How can I configure Amanda for long-term archiving?]]
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* [[FAQ:Why does Amanda not append to a tape?]]
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* [[Amanda:How do I back up a partition that won't fit on a tape?]]
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* [[Amanda:Why does Amanda sometimes promote full dumps?]]
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* [[Amanda:What is the difference between "skip-full" and "strategy nofull"?]]
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* [[Amanda:Which tape changer is right for me?]]
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* [[FAQ:Should I use software or hardware compression?]]
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* [[FAQ:Should I use a holdingdisk when the final destination of the backup is a virtual tape?]]
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* [[Amanda:Ok, I'm done with testing Amanda, now I want to put it in production. How can I reset its databases so as to start from scratch?]]
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* [[Amanda:What is the 'amandates' file for?]]
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* [[Amanda:Why can I write new labels to my tapes but can't read the old ones?]]
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* [[FAQ:What's the difference between a vtape and VFS device?]]
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* [[FAQ:What's the difference between a device and a changer?  Between tapedev and tpchanger?]]
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= Compatibility =
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* [[Amanda:Does Amanda Support my Tape Drive or Changer?]]
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= Terminology =
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* [[FAQ:What is a DLE?]]
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* [[FAQ:What is 'bumping'?]]
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* [[Amanda:What are indexes?]]
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* [[Amanda:What does 'autoflush' parameter do?]]
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* [[FAQ:How are backup levels defined and how does Amanda use them?]]
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= Backup Applications =
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Amanda can interface with an array of backup applications to actually fetch the data from the target system.
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* [[FAQ:Which backup program for filesystems is better?]]
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* [[FAQ:What versions of GNU Tar are Amanda-compatible?]]
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= Compiling Amanda =
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* [[Amanda:What's the difference between glib and glibc?]]
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Revision as of 23:05, 4 October 2013

This section lists frequent questions about Amanda by users who are unfamiliar with how it works. If you have installed Amanda and are having trouble, you may also want to check the Troubleshooting section.

Common Problems

Concepts

Amanda doesn't work like other backup programs. Users who are new to Amanda are often confused by these fundamental differences.

Compatibility

Terminology

Backup Applications

Amanda can interface with an array of backup applications to actually fetch the data from the target system.

Compiling Amanda


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