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Various Information



Additional information about AMANDA

Here you find various other documents like the AMANDA FAQ, the Top Ten
Questions and the AMANDA-Wishlist. You can also find the last AMANDA-Survey in
here (although it still needs formatting ... sorry, Jon ...). The latest
addition is the "famous" AMANDA-chapter by John R. Jackson.
Table of Contents


  15._Using_AMANDA


        An_Introduction

        AMANDA_Features

        Future_Capabilities_of_AMANDA

        AMANDA_Resources

        Installing_AMANDA


              Install_Related_Packages

              Perform_Preliminary_Setup

              Configure_the_AMANDA_Build

              Build_and_Install_AMANDA

              Configuring_AMANDA

              Decide_on_a_Tape_Server

              Decide_Which_Tape_Devices_to_Use

              Decide_Whether_to_Use_Compression

              Decide_Where_the_Holding_Space_Will_Be

              Compute_Your_Dump_Cycle

              Copy_and_Edit_the_Default_Configuration_File

              Configure_the_Holding_Disk

              Configure_Tape_Devices_and_Label_Tapes

              Configure_Backup_Clients

              Test_and_Debug_Setup


        Operating_Amanda


              Run_amdump

              Read_AMANDA's_Reports

              Monitor_Tape_and_Holding_Disk_Status

              Adding_Tapes_at_a_Particular_Position_in_the_Cycle

              Miscellanous_Operational_Notes


        Advanced_AMANDA_Configuration


              Adjust_the_Backup_Cycle

              Adjust_Parallelism

              Monitor_for_Possible_Improvements

              Excluding_Files


        Restoring_with_AMANDA


              Configuring_and_Using_amrecover

              Using_amrestore

              Restoring_Without_AMANDA



  16._AMANDA_FAQ


        QUESTION:_Why_does_AMANDA_fail_to_build_on_my_system?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_that_all_disks_failed?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"port_NNN_is_not_secure"?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_claim_that_the_tape_is_"not_an_amanda_tape"?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_report_"selfcheck_request_timed_out"?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amandad.debug_contain_"error_receiving_message"?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"access_as_<username>_not_allowed..."?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_report_"ip_address_#.#.#.#"_is_not_in_the_ip
        list_list_for_<hostname>'?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_say_"cannot_overwrite_active_tape"?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amcheck_tell_me_"DUMP_program_not_available"?

        QUESTION:_Which_tape_changer_configuration_should_I_use_in_amanda.conf?

        QUESTION:_Should_I_use_software_or_hardware_compression?

        QUESTION:_How_can_I_configure_AMANDA_so_that_it_performs_full_backups
        on_the_week-end_and_incrementals_on_weekdays?

        QUESTION:_What_if_my_tape_unit_uses_expensive_tapes,_and_I_don't_want
        to_use_one_tape_per_day?_Can't_AMANDA_append_to_tapes?

        QUESTION:_How_can_I_configure_AMANDA_for_long-term_archiving?

        QUESTION:_Can_I_backup_separate_disks_of_the_same_host_in_different
        configurations?

        QUESTION:_Can_AMANDA_span_large_filesystems_across_multiple_tapes?

        QUESTION:_What's_the_difference_between_option_"skip-full"_and
        "strategy_nofull"?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_"results_missing"?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amdump_report_"disk_offline"?

        QUESTION:_What_if_amdump_reports_"dumps_way_too_big,_must_skip
        incremental_dumps"?

        QUESTION:_amdump_reported_"infofile_update_failed"._What_should_I_do?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_AMANDA_sometimes_promote_full_dumps?

        QUESTION:_Why_does_amrecover_report_"no_index_records"_or_"disk_not
        found"?

        QUESTION:_Ok,_I'm_done_with_testing_AMANDA,_now_I_want_to_put_it_in
        production._How_can_I_reset_its_databases_so_as_to_start_from_scratch?

        QUESTION:_The_man-page_of_dump_says_that_active_filesystems_may_be
        backed_up_inconsistently._What_does_AMANDA_do_to_prevent_inconsistent
        backups?

        QUESTION:_Which_version_of_GNU-tar_should_I_use?


  17._Collection_of_the_top_ten_AMANDA_questions._And_answers.


        Reason_for_starting_this_list.

        the_DLE-question

        the_localhost-question

        the_friday-tape-question

        the_multiple-dumps-question

        the_mailing-list-question

        the_distro-question

        the_index-question

        the_tapetype-questions

        the_size-question

        the_GUI-question

        the_holding-disk_question

        ...


  18._AMANDA_WISHLIST

  19._AMANDA_Survey_Results

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