Amanda-Users

Re: Changing Amanda server

2004-02-11 22:54:15
Subject: Re: Changing Amanda server
From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <brandon AT dvalentine DOT com>
To: Robert L Becker Jr <rlb AT afip DOT org>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:52:10 -0600
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 09:22:14PM -0500, Robert L Becker Jr wrote:
> I haven't seen this question in the list or archives. How do I
> gracefully move amanda databases from one (Irix) server to a new one
> (Linux). I expect to handle the build and configuration on the new
> host. I'll be moving our Exabyte jukebox from old to new host.
> 
> Once the hardware and build dances are done, can I just (translate
> and?) move some files from the old server to the new one, keeping the
> same catalogs etc to access our current inventory of backups?

If I understand what you're saying right, yes.  The amanda "database" is
just plain text files.  Move the directories
$PREFIX/etc/amanda/$CONFIG/(curinfo|index|log) to the corresponding
location on the new server.

Brandon D. Valentine
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