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Please see [[Help:Editing 'How To' Articles]] for help creating and editing these pages.
 
See [[MySQL Backup How Tos]] for help with MySQL Backup.
 
 
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= Server =
 
= Server =
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* [[How To:Write to Multiple Volumes in Parallel]]
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* [[How To:Copy Data from Volume to Volume]]
 
* [[How To:Split Dumps Across Tapes]]
 
* [[How To:Split Dumps Across Tapes]]
 
* [[How To:Split DLEs With Exclude Lists]]
 
* [[How To:Split DLEs With Exclude Lists]]
* [[How To:Set Up RAIT (Redundant Array of Independent Tapes)]]
 
 
* [[How To:Set up data encryption]]
 
* [[How To:Set up data encryption]]
 
* [[How To:Fill tapes to 100%]]
 
* [[How To:Fill tapes to 100%]]
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* [[How To:Delay writing to tape for better tape utilization]]
 
* [[How To:Diagnose a Failing Tape Drive]]
 
* [[How To:Diagnose a Failing Tape Drive]]
 
* [[How To:Verify backups]]
 
* [[How To:Verify backups]]
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* [[How To:Use pigz to speed up compression]]
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* Migration
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** [[How To:Migrate from older amanda versions]]
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** [[How To:Upgrade from Amanda-2.4 to Amanda-2.6]]
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== Data Storage ==
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(see {{man|7|amanda-devices}} and {{man|7|amanda-changers}} for authoritative information on Amanda's devices and changers, respectively)
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* [[How To:Write dump to multiple storages]]
 
* Virtual Tapes
 
* Virtual Tapes
 
** [[How To:Set Up Virtual Tapes]]
 
** [[How To:Set Up Virtual Tapes]]
** [[How To:Backup to an AFS Volume]]
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** [[How To:Using removable hard drive as Virtual tapes]]
** [[How To:Backup to Virtual Tapes on a Windows Server]]
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** [[How To:Backup to Virtual Tapes on a non-UNIX Filesystem]]
 
** [[How To:Build a Test Environment With Virtual Tapes]]
 
** [[How To:Build a Test Environment With Virtual Tapes]]
 
** [[How To:Migrate Virtual Tapes to Real Tapes]]
 
** [[How To:Migrate Virtual Tapes to Real Tapes]]
 
** [[How To:Restore from Virtual Tapes]]
 
** [[How To:Restore from Virtual Tapes]]
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* S3
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** [[How To:Backup to Amazon S3]]
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* RAIT
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** [[How To:Mirror Dumps to Virtual Tapes and Real Tapes using RAIT]]
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** [[How To:Stripe Dumps across Tapes using RAIT]]
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** [[How To:Restore from a RAIT Device]]
  
 
= Communications=
 
= Communications=
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(see {{man|7|amanda-auth}} for authoritative information about Amanda's authentication protocols)
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* [[How To:Configure rsh authentication]]
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* [[How To:Configure bsdtcp authentication]]
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* [[How To:Set up transport encryption with SSH]]
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* [[How To:Set up Kerberos authentication]]
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* [[How To:Configure Backward-compatible Authentication Methods]]
 
* [[How To:Run Amanda Over IPv6]]
 
* [[How To:Run Amanda Over IPv6]]
 
* [[How To:Set Up iptables for Amanda]]
 
* [[How To:Set Up iptables for Amanda]]
* [[How To:Set up transport encryption with SSH]]
 
 
* [[How To:Set Up Amanda Communication Via SSH Tunnels]]
 
* [[How To:Set Up Amanda Communication Via SSH Tunnels]]
 
* [[How To:Run Amanda Across a NAT Boundary]]
 
* [[How To:Run Amanda Across a NAT Boundary]]
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= Client =
 
= Client =
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* [[How To:Use Amanda Applications on a Client]]
 
* [[How To:Backup Clients Via Wireless]]
 
* [[How To:Backup Clients Via Wireless]]
 
* [[How To:Use Wake-On-LAN to Awaken Clients]]
 
* [[How To:Use Wake-On-LAN to Awaken Clients]]
 
* [[How To:Backup Partitions Mounted via NFS]]
 
* [[How To:Backup Partitions Mounted via NFS]]
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* [[How To:Backup AFS Volumes]]
 
* [[How To:Run Multiple amandad processes on a Client]]
 
* [[How To:Run Multiple amandad processes on a Client]]
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* [[How To:Ignore spurious messages from GNU Tar]]
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* [[How To:Use Amanda to Back Up PostgreSQL]]
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* [[How To:Backup Databases Through Dumps (the old way)]]
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= Recovery =
 
= Recovery =
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* [[How To:Recover Data]]
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* [[How To:Limit the Hosts That Can Recover a DLE]]
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* [[How To:Restore from Virtual Tapes]]
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* [[How To:Restore from a RAIT Device]]
 
* [[How To:Recover Lost Amanda Configuration]]
 
* [[How To:Recover Lost Amanda Configuration]]
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* [[How To:Do a Bare Metal Restore]]
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= System-Specific Tasks =
 
= System-Specific Tasks =
 
== Cygwin ==
 
== Cygwin ==
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== MacOS X ==
 
== MacOS X ==
 
* [[How To:Customize MacOS X Amanda Packages]]
 
* [[How To:Customize MacOS X Amanda Packages]]
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Latest revision as of 15:01, 29 January 2018

Please see Help:Editing 'How To' Articles for help creating and editing these pages.

Server

Data Storage

(see amanda-devices(7) and amanda-changers(7) for authoritative information on Amanda's devices and changers, respectively)

Communications

(see amanda-auth(7) for authoritative information about Amanda's authentication protocols)

Client

Recovery

System-Specific Tasks

Cygwin

MacOS X


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