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Promoting is the action of doing a full backup of a [[DLE]] when it is not due. ...al of amanda is to balance the size of full backup at every run, that size is: ...

...h of data. Only Amanda [[application]]s know how to interpret the data in a dumpfile. ...uously to refer to a single file on tape (which may only contain a part of a dumpfile). ...

...in fact they do not have to be either. They can be directory trees within a partition, or multiple trees, or trees with some branches excluded. See also: [[FAQ:What is a DLE?]] ...

A posting from the amanda-users mailing-list (amanda-users@amanda.org) asked: :"What, please, is a "DLE"? May it mean: Down Loadable Entity ??? Stupid. Do Less Errors ??? Stupid a ...

Amanda can write to multiple volumes in parallel, saving a lot of time. * A different dle is sent to each volume. ...

...manda-3.2, Amanda suports limiting the hosts that can recover a particular DLE. ...ation authenticates connections from a remote host, but the authentication is always host-based, and have very little to do with usernames. The SSH auth ...

There is multiple way to achieve it, the best technique depend of the speed and para You define two storages and configure amanda to write all dump to both storages: ...

Amanda backs up each [[DLE]] at a specific level, as determined by the planner. Generally, levels describe f ..., a level-0 backup is a full dump: all data from the DLE is backed up, and a recovery from this dump will get all of that data back. ...

...is dans les faits il n'est pas nécessaire que ce soit l'un ou l'autre. Les DLE peuvent être des arborescences de répertoires dans une partition, ou plusie Cf [[FAQ:What is a DLE?/Fr|FAQ:Qu'est-ce qu'une DLE]] ...

...t higher level. If Amanda changes from Level 0 to Level 1 for a specific [[DLE]], it "[[Bump|bumps]]". The basic goal of "bumping" is to save precious space on the backup media as higher level incremental back ...

This is a common problem reported by new admins of Amanda configs that have been working since the last admin left. ...far larger than the size when the Amanda configuration was last adjusted. Amanda sends daily report emails which contain enough information to anticipate th ...

...nda's "current" state. It is the data used to run ''amadmin - info'', and is dumped in its entirety by ''amadmin - export''. ...ssed as a database. Even in large installations, it does not grow to such a size as to be unmangeable in this form. ...

...sklist}}. The syntax is shell-like -- all of the following are considered a single word: ...lashes ''(although note that you probably want to use forward slashes in a DLE diskname)'' ...

...diate storage area for caching backup data. Specify per [[DLE]] in {{man|5|amanda.conf}}. A holding disk provides these key benefits: ...

...anda 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]] * [[FAQ:What is the difference between Amanda and Zmanda?]] ...

...on/</tt> if a 64-bit install). The scripts can be executed once for each [[DLE]] or once for each client host. Uses for pre- and post-scripts include: * to stop and start database servers so that the binary backup is consistent. ...

...ateurs qui sont peu familiers de son fonctionnement. Si vous avez installé Amanda et que vous rencontrez des problèmes, vous pouvez aussi parcourir la sectio ...ifference between Amanda and Zmanda?/Fr|FAQ:Quelle est la différence entre Amanda et Zmanda ?]] ...

...pareserver, the host you started up to take its place. However, it is not a good solution for situations where different backup clients should not be a In version 3.2, Amanda can fix this. ...

* "How do I make Amanda do full backups on Saturday and incrementals ... ?" ...up on tuesday and now it keeps asking for the tuesday tape even though it is wednesday!" ...

[[Holding disk]]s and [[vtape]]s serve a complete different purpose: holding disk allows different clients to backu When a backup image is complete, the server then adds it to the tape queue. ...

{{Deprecated|See [[Getting Started with Amanda]] instead}} In real life, errors happen, and after solving the problems, you want Amanda to resume normal tasks as soon as possible. ...

...becoming familiar with Amanda’s backup planning strategy and from letting Amanda do the planning. ...vering a system would require every tape since the last full backup. Using Amanda’s standard backup planning strategy avoids that problem and typically gives ...

So now you have a working Amanda install (right?). What's it doing? ...on disk. In particular it stores that data at <tt>/amanda/vtapes</tt>, in a set of four slots" ...

...<tt>/home/[a-o]*</tt> and <tt>/home/[p-z]*</tt>. A more extended example is provided below. ...emains smaller than a tape. This will lead to smaller single dumps so that Amanda can continue the backup of other dumps on the next tape, if need be. ...

To remedy, create/set a split_diskbuffer or increase fallback_splitsize ...ears! The misconfiguration can cause Amanda to produce too many parts for a dump. This has unfortunate consequences: ...

...://www.inventivetechnology.at/tapecat tapecat] - Information regarding the amanda tape and tape contents are displayed. The information includes the tape lab * [[Media:amandatape.txt |amandatape]] - A perl script to print labels for Amanda backup tapes. Download the file and save it as '''amandatape''' ...

...rt encryption and authentication. To set up an SSH authentication session, Amanda will run the equivalent of: ...secure place. Both, transport ''and'' storage will be encrypted with such a setup. See [[encryption]] for an overview of encryption options. ...

Amanda tape-spanning support is a new feature in the 2.5.0 release, enabling single dump files to be strung a ...dump file in its own right and following "tape full" semantics as it would a normal dump. ...

...t of all, you should know that there are three ways to get at your data in Amanda: ...|8|amrecover}}, which lets you restore particular files or directories and is the most automated ...

...itative documentation on configuring authentication in Amanda, see {{man|7|amanda-auth}}. There are several authentication mechanisms available for Amanda, so which one should you choose? ...

New versions of Amanda can communicate with very old versions of Amanda, and to do so they use some old authenticaitons. This page builds on [[How ...s is the case for backward-compatibility reasons, and unless you have old (Amanda-2.4) clients, you don't want to use bsd auth. ...

...]] dumps across multiple volumes, enabling backups of [[DLE]]s larger than a single volume. ...s (Amanda-3.1 and earlier)]]. This sort of configuration is deprecated in Amanda-3.2, but will still work. ...

..., this can cause dumps to fail badly, as Amanda cannot fit dumps for all [[DLE]]s on tape. ...it takes an index file describing the previous dump as input, and produces a new index file describing the new run. ...

** Verify all copies of a dump ** truncate the file when overwritting a label ...

{{Deprecated|See [[Getting Started with Amanda]] instead}} == Server configuration file - amanda.conf== ...

Let's jump right in. Presumably you have Amanda-3.2.0 or higher installed already! ...bly "amandabackup" or "amanda" or "backup", depending on how you installed Amanda. We'll use "amandabackup" here to avoid ambiguity. As root: ...

{{XXX|Dustin|Needs a careful going-over and simplification, along with a description of the full syntax}} There are three ways of excluding data in an AMANDA backup: ...

...to a set of parameters on its control stream. To get another dump, start a new amidxtaped. ...ndad, then it processes its REQ packet and produces a REP packet for the [[Amanda Protocol]] as described in [[Amandad Service Protocol]]. ...

** Useful if two or more volumes are used in a single run. ...th the new 'taper-parallel-write' configuration option. see {{manv|3.2.0|5|amanda.conf}} ...

...ent, the subcommand, and a number of additional options. So, for example, a simple '''support''' invocation might look like Properties that are specified in the Amanda configuration are provided to the application as additional command-line op ...

...configuring a firewall using iptables for use with Amanda. The recipe here is minimalistic, in that we open only ports that '''need''' to be opened, with This section assumes "bsd" authentication is being used between Amanda server and client. This section covers ...

Zmanda Windows Client Community Edition is an Amanda client for Windows platform that uses native Win32 API and uses Volume Shad ...guration tool - ZWCconfig. Allows configuration of ports that are used and amanda server name. ...

...note that this list is very old - many of these items are now available in Amanda!}} AMANDA Core Team ...

...here are alternatives available, the recommended changer for virtual tapes is ''chg-disk''. ...specific physical harddisk to the task of keeping your vtapes. The use of a dedicated disk will speed things up definitely. ...

Sautons à pieds joints. Nous présumons que vous avez déjà installé Amanda-3.2.0 ou plus! ..."amanda" ou "backup", ce qui dépend de la manière dont vous avez installé Amanda. Nous utiliserons "amandabackup" ici pour éviter l'ambiguité. Comme root: ...

{{Deprecated|See [[Getting Started with Amanda]] instead}} ...escribes how to restore files backed up with Amanda either with or without Amanda tools. The section has been presented as multiple examples. ...

{{Deprecated|See [[Getting Started with Amanda]] instead}} == Amanda client configuration file == ...