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Amanda is the world's most popular Open Source Backup and Archiving software. Amanda allows System Administrators to set up a single backup server to back up multiple hosts to a tape- or disk-based storage system. Amanda uses native dump and/or GNU tar facilities and can back up a large number of workstations and servers running various versions of Linux, Unix or Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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Amanda Documentation

• User documentation
• Man pages
• Developer documentation
• Wishlist/Features planned
• References
• Success stories

Quick Links

• Amanda Quick start procedure
• Amanda Tapetype definitions

Tools that can be useful for Amanda users

• tapecat - Information regarding the amanda tape and tape contents are displayed. The information includes the tape label, the diskdevice and the diskname as specified in the disklist file.

Other Links

• Amanda SourceForge page
• Amanda Forums
• Amanda project page
• About this Wiki
• Licenses, Copyrights and Trademarks
• Amanda Copyright
• Administrative issues about this Wiki