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== Tutorial ==
 
== Tutorial ==
The tutorial will take you on a complete tour of Amanda's capabilities. 
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* [[Getting Started with Amanda]]
* [[What is AMANDA?]]
 
* [[Quick start]]
 
 
* [[Installation]]
 
* [[Installation]]
* [[Configuration]]
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** [[Installation/Amanda's Requirements|Amanda's Requirements]]
* [[Administration]]
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** [[Installation/OS Specific Notes|OS Specific Notes]]
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* Upgrading - see {{man|7|amanda-compatibility}}
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* [[OS- and application-specific information]]
 
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== Reference ==
 
== Reference ==
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* [[FAQ]]: frequently asked questions
 
* [[FAQ]]: frequently asked questions
 
* [[How Tos]]: instructions for various common tasks
 
* [[How Tos]]: instructions for various common tasks
* [[Man pages]]: the manual pages from the latest distribution
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* [http://wiki.zmanda.com/man/amanda.8.html Man pages]: the most up-to-date manual pages
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** [http://wiki.zmanda.com/man/3.3/amanda.8.html Amanda-3.3] man pages
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** [http://wiki.zmanda.com/man/3.1/amanda.8.html Amanda-3.1] man pages
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** [http://wiki.zmanda.com/man/2.6.1/amanda.8.html Amanda-2.6.1] man pages
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** [http://wiki.zmanda.com/man/2.6.0/amanda.8.html Amanda-2.6.0] man pages
 
* [[:Category:Deprecated Pages|Deprecated Pages]]: old documentation
 
* [[:Category:Deprecated Pages|Deprecated Pages]]: old documentation
* [[Tapetype definitions]]
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* [[Tapetype definitions]]: your tape drive is probably here!
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* [[:Category:Glossary|Glossary]]
 
=== Other Articles ===
 
=== Other Articles ===
 
* [[Version compatibility]]: compatibility between Amanda versions
 
* [[Version compatibility]]: compatibility between Amanda versions
=== Conceptual Overviews ===
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* [[FAQ:What versions of GNU Tar are Amanda-compatible?|GNU Tar compatibility matrix]]
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* [[Script API]]
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* [[Zmanda Windows Client]]
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=== Concepts ===
 
* [[Amanda Index|Index files]]
 
* [[Amanda Index|Index files]]
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* [[curinfo]] database
 
* [[Amanda log files|Log files]]
 
* [[Amanda log files|Log files]]
 
* [[Encryption]]
 
* [[Encryption]]
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* [[Changers]]
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* [[Exclude and include lists]]
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* [[Quoting]]
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* [[Parallel Writes to Tape]]
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* [[Recovery Limits]]
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* [[Meta label]]
 
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== Community Resources ==
 
== Community Resources ==
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=== Getting Help ===
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* [http://www.amanda.org/support/mailinglists.php amanda-users mailing list]
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** [http://archives.zmanda.com/ mailing-list archive]
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** you are most likely to see your question answered here
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** all bug reporting and tracking is done through this list
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* IRC: [http://amanda.org/support/irc.php #amanda on freenode]
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* [http://forums.zmanda.com Zmanda forum]
 
=== Platform-Specific Support ===
 
=== Platform-Specific Support ===
 
The Amanda community maintains a group of [[Platform Experts]] who are familiar with using Amanda on specific platforms.  Experts monitor the amanda-users mailing list, and will help you with questions relating to their area of expertise.
 
The Amanda community maintains a group of [[Platform Experts]] who are familiar with using Amanda on specific platforms.  Experts monitor the amanda-users mailing list, and will help you with questions relating to their area of expertise.
 
* [[Platform Experts]]
 
* [[Platform Experts]]
=== Websites ===
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=== Other Links ===
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* [[Useful Amanda Tools]]
 
* [http://www.amanda.org/ official Amanda website]
 
* [http://www.amanda.org/ official Amanda website]
* [http://www.amanda.org/support/mailinglists.php amanda-users mailing list]
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/amanda sourceforge project page] (barely used anymore)
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/amanda sourceforge project page]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 21:47, 18 July 2014

Tutorial

Reference

Other Articles

Concepts

Community Resources

Getting Help

Platform-Specific Support

The Amanda community maintains a group of Platform Experts who are familiar with using Amanda on specific platforms. Experts monitor the amanda-users mailing list, and will help you with questions relating to their area of expertise.

Other Links


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