> > Is this a better question: where do I find out about the
> > various methods people use?
> 
> It's pretty well documented in the amanda docs. You've basically got a few
> options:
> 
> 1. smbclient from some *nix machine to the windows box
> 2. smbmount the windows box on a *nix machine
> 3. Install cygwin on windows and do a native amanda compile
> 4. Use native windows tools to dump to files in a directory being backed up

Although I have never tried it but for a Windows *server* I would go
with the cygwin method that gives, I beleive, the most of Amanda
native features.

Having only Windows clients, I use smbclient method.

Bestregards,

Olivier