On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 09:09 -0400, dceola wrote:
> 
> > And the rpm's force amanda into a different configuration when compared to 
> > what you would get from the (recommended) tarball install.
> 
> 
> im confused, through the reading i had done (with relation to installing 
> amanda) i never saw anything that said anything other than to simply download 
> one of the rpm packages  from here: 
> http://www.zmanda.com/download-amanda.php, since that is where the Quick 
> start guide pointed me. 
> 
> From the quick start guide...
> 
> > -Run one of the installation packages available from Zmanda or elsewhere: 
> > --The Zmanda downloads site includes installation packages for many 
> > platforms. If you are using packages from Zmanda downloads page, go to the 
> > Zmanda packages quick start example. If you are using Windows client, refer 
> > to the Windows client page for installation instructions. 
> > --Many Linux and BSD distributions include Amanda packages, as does the Sun 
> > freeware site. 
> > -Compile Amanda from the source. Obtain the tarball from one of the sites 
> > mentioned above, or from the subversion tree 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I have been following the configuration instructions that are in the amanda 
> Quick Start guide thus far.  It seems that there are a few of you that seem 
> to imply i am doing something wrong - which i obviously am - however i am 
> simply following the quick start guide; so it's hard for me to figure out 
> where i'm likely going wrong.
> 
> So- at this point.. I'm thinking maybe i should simply uninstall the software 
> and try to start over - assuming that's even possible, and i would assume it 
> is...  however, i had assumed that following the Amanda Quick Start guide 
> would have been the best way to go, in that since it's from Amanda, it would 
> lay out all that needs to be done.  [Rolling Eyes]

Your .amandahosts file is perfect!  Leave it as it is.

As for the crontab entry(ies), I would comment this out for now (re-edit
crontab as the amandabackup user as instructed in the Quick Start Guide
and put a "#" in front of all Amanda-related lines).  Let's get Amanda
working first and then take a look at this crontab entry later to get
things automated.

To continue on, you asked what a disklist entry would be to backup your
full system.  If everything is installed in / then:

    localhost / comp-user-tar

ought to do it with compression (use "user-tar" for no compression).  If
your system is installed in / and /usr, then you need an entry for each.
What you don't want to do is to back up the holding disk for Amanda so
if your holding disk is not on its own partition, we want to exclude
that before you make your first run.  If unsure about this, check with
us on this before issuing your first "amdump" command.

Try creating a disklist file, run an amcheck and let's go from there.

Paul


> Thanks, 
>
> Daniel

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Design Engineer
Zmanda, Inc.