Skip to Main Content
Linux System Administration
book

Linux System Administration

by Tom Adelstein, Bill Lubanovic
March 2007
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
304 pages
11h 12m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Content preview from Linux System Administration
252
|
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
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Mastering Linux System Administration

Mastering Linux System Administration

Christine Bresnahan, Richard Blum
Mastering Linux Administration

Mastering Linux Administration

Alexandru Calcatinge, Julian Balog

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780596009526Supplemental ContentCatalog PageErrata