> >By config directory I presume you mean like "/etc/amanda/Daily"?
> 
> If that is where you put it when amanda was "./configured"
> 
> >And where is the indices directory?
> 
> And that is specified in the amanda.conf file, like this:
> 
> ------------snip from amanda.conf-------------- # Amanda 
> needs a few Mb of diskspace for the log and debug files, # as 
> well as a database.  This stuff can grow large, so the conf # 
> directory isn't usually appropriate.  Some sites use 
> /usr/local/var # and some /usr/adm.
> # Create an amanda directory under there.  You need a 
> separate infofile # and logdir for each configuration, so 
> create subdirectories for each # conf and put the files 
> there.  Specify the locations below.
> 
> # Note that, although the keyword below is infofile, it is 
> only so for # historic reasons, since now it is supposed to 
> be a directory (unless # you have selected some database 
> format other than the `text' default) infofile 
> "/usr/local/var/amanda/Daily/curinfo"  # database DIRECTORY
> logdir   "/usr/local/var/amanda/Daily"          # log directory
> indexdir "/usr/local/var/amanda/Daily/index"    # index directory
> tapelist "/usr/local/etc/amanda/Daily/tapelist" # list of 
> used tapes # tapelist is stored, by default, in the directory 
> that contains amanda.conf
> --------------------------
> 
> Which should explain it.  You're welcome to a copy of the 
> script I use if you'd like, just yell.  It checks to see what 
> it was called when invoked and modifies its behaviour 
> accordingly.  You would need to edit it for some of the 
> paths, or to extract those paths from the amanda.conf, one of 
> those things the infamous shoemaker never did get around to 
> building for his kids :)

Thanks for the help Gene. I have addded a couple of lines to my backup
script that look like this:

# backup the amanda files in case of backup server crash
tar -czf /home/myhome/serverA.tar.gz /var/lib/amanda/ /etc/amandahosts
/etc/amandapass /etc/amanda/ /var/log/amanda/
scp -2pi /location/of/keyfile /home/myhome/serverA.tar.gz
myuser@anotherserver:/home/myhome/ 

Does that look like it will get all the necessary files? I wouldn't mind
taking a look at your script too :-). Also, this is on a Debian system and
all of the files are in the default location for the debian packages
(2.4.5p1).

Regards,
Gordon