March 2007
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
11h 12m
English
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Chapter 11: Backing Up Data
• A holding disk strategy that allows for staged or delayed writing to media
• Authentication through Kerberos or its own authentication scheme
• Data encryption for protection over unsafe networks
Installing Amanda
Amanda has client and server components. The client is used on systems that have
data that needs to be backed up. The server is used on systems that perform the
backup work and write data to tape.
Run the following command to install Amanda on the backup server:
# apt-get install amanda-server
Run the following command to install Amanda on each client Linux machine:
# apt-get install amanda-client
When you install these packages, the other packages that are needed will be
included. If you wish to use the amplot program in Amanda, you will need to also
install the gnuplot package.
Amanda uses files in many different directories. These settings are configurable, but
the defaults are:
/etc/amanda
Configuration files (server)
/root
The file /root/.amandahosts
/usr/man/man8
Manpages
/usr/share/doc/amanda-common
Documentation files
/usr/share/doc/amanda-client
Client-specific documentation files
/usr/lib
Shared libraries used by Amanda programs
/usr/lib/amanda
Daemon programs and internal utilities
/usr/sbin
Command programs
/var/lib/amanda
Running state, log, and other files
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