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** [http://www.zmanda.com/amanda_advantage.html Advantages of Amanda over Proprietary Backup] - Requires free registration  
** [http://www.zmanda.com/amanda_advantage.html Advantages of Amanda over Proprietary Backup] - Requires free registration  
** [http://www.zmanda.com/amanda-parallel-backups.html Improving Amanda server performance] - Requires free registration
** [http://www.zmanda.com/amanda-parallel-backups.html Improving Amanda server performance] - Requires free registration
== Amanda releases ==
* [[2.6.0 features]] - 2.6.0p2 (bug fix release) released on Aug 26, 2008
* [[2.5.2 features]] - 2.5.2p1 (bug fix release) released on Jun 6, 2007
* [[2.5.1 features]] - 2.5.1p3 (bug fix release) released on Feb 8, 2007
* [[2.5.0 features]] - 2.5.0p2 (bug fix release) released on May 8, 2006


== Amanda Surveys & Stories ==
== Amanda Surveys & Stories ==
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* [[Amanda success stories]]
* [[Amanda success stories]]
* [[Amanda around the web]]
* [[Amanda around the web]]
== Amanda releases ==
* [[2.6.0 features]] - 2.6.0p1 (bug fix release) released on May 14, 2008
* [[2.5.2 features]] - 2.5.2p1 (bug fix release) released on Jun 6, 2007
* [[2.5.1 features]] - 2.5.1p3 (bug fix release) released on Feb 8, 2007
* [[2.5.0 features]] - 2.5.0p2 (bug fix release) released on May 8, 2006


== Quick Links ==
== Quick Links ==

Revision as of 21:05, 26 August 2008

    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.


Amanda Documentation

Amanda releases

Amanda Surveys & Stories

Quick Links

Useful Amanda tools

  • 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.
  • amandatape - A perl script to print labels for Amanda backup tapes. Download the file and save it as amandatape
  • Lto-barcode - A perl script to generate barcode labels for LTO Tapes (not amanda specific)
  • testgtar - A perl script to test GNU tar exclude patterns. It takes exclude file and DLE as the parameters.
  • Gene's Amanda helper scripts - This tar ball contains amdump and amflush helper script (bak-indices-configs) that backs up configuration and indexes generated by the backup run to the end of the current tape/vtape. The availability of configuration and indices would permit bare metal recovery. Please read README file in the tar ball before using the tools. Modify the tool for the Amanda configuration.
  • Amanda operators manual - This manual is used by Amanda Administrators at AIT in Thailand. The operators manual has information about tape management, troubleshooting, Amanda backup scheduling and Amanda index database.
  • chg-multiplex - A changer-script, intended to restore from multiple backup-configs
  • ShowNextTapeNeeded - Bash script to determine which tapes will be required for the next dump
  • Nagios script by Chad Kotil to monitor Amanda for errors and failures

Other Links