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I installed amanda 2.5 on an new server with the old DLT-tapedrive and tested the backup with a small backupjob. | I installed amanda 2.5 on an new server with the old DLT-tapedrive and tested the backup with a small backupjob. | ||
In /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf there is to change your basic configuration like | |||
# runtapes | |||
# tapedev | |||
# tpchanger | |||
# tape type | |||
# labelstr | |||
# ... | |||
== Tranfering data == | == Tranfering data == | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 26 October 2007
Overview
Sometimes you have to upgrade your backupserver.
This article describes, how to migrate from an old amanda version (amanda-server-2.4.4p2-3) to the current version (amanda-server-2.5.1p3).
Backup jobs
The default backup job is e.g. DailySet1.
Amanda store the configuration data for this backup job in /etc/amanda/DailySet1.
The Amanda database data for this backup job is stored in /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1.
Some configuration details are although stored in /etc/amanda/amanda.conf
Startpoint
After 3 years of using amanda 2.4 made an systemupdate.
I installed amanda 2.5 on an new server with the old DLT-tapedrive and tested the backup with a small backupjob.
In /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf there is to change your basic configuration like
- runtapes
- tapedev
- tpchanger
- tape type
- labelstr
- ...
Tranfering data
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