How Tos
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Server
- How To:Backup to Amazon S3
- How To:Migrate from older amanda versions
- How To:Split Dumps Across Tapes
- 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:Fill tapes to 100%
- How To:Delay writing to tape for better tape utilization
- How To:Diagnose a Failing Tape Drive
- How To:Verify backups
- How To:Upgrade from Amanda-2.4 to Amanda-2.6
- Virtual Tapes
Communications
(see amanda-auth(7) for authoritative information about Amanda's authentication protocols)
- How To:Configure rsh authentication
- How To:Configure bsd, bsdtcp, or bsdudp authentication
- How To:Set up Kerberos authentication
- How To:Run Amanda Over IPv6
- 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:Run Amanda Across a NAT Boundary
- How To:Diagnose "host down" errors
Client
- How To:Use Amanda Applications on a Client
- How To:Backup Clients Via Wireless
- How To:Use Wake-On-LAN to Awaken Clients
- How To:Backup Partitions Mounted via NFS
- How To:Run Multiple amandad processes on a Client
- How To:Ignore spurious messages from GNU Tar