Hi,

It is actually quite simply to upgrade amanda. All you need to do is to
download the latest version of Amanda (for this case amanda 2.5.2),
untar it and execute the following commands to clean and recompile the
latest build.

make distclean
./configure -with-tcpportrange=50000,50100 --with-udpportrange=850,859
make && make install

But becareful with amanda version 2.5.2 as it contains some bug issue
with the amlabel on the vtapes.

Regards 
Anthony

On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 21:38 -0400, Guy Dallaire wrote:
> Replying to myself:
> 
> It's my second attempt at trying to get any input as to how difficult
> it may be to upgrade amanda. I have not received any reply on both
> occasions.
> 
> Are my questions too dumb ?   I would like to read some sort of
> upgrade guide, but I can't find anything useful in the doc or in the
> amanda wiki. 
> 
> 2.5 seems pretty scary. I see a lot of problems on the list. Is it
> stable, or is it experimental ?
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> 2007/5/7, Guy Dallaire <clepeterd AT gmail DOT com>:
>         I understand that amanda 2.5 is compatible with amanda 2.4
>         clients. This means I could upgrade my server and do the
>         clients later ? I would like to upgrade to 2.5.2 for security
>         reason (ability to encrypt backups, ssh)
>         
>         I compiled my server and client with restriction on the tcp
>         and udp ports used for ease of firewall configuration:
>         
>         --with-tcpportrange=50000,50100' '--with-udpportrange=850,859 
>         
>         Do these options still apply to the new amanda version ? 
>         
>         Will the new version be able to restore old tapes that were
>         written by the amanda 2.4 tapeserver ?
>         
>         Will amrecover on a 2.4 client be able to use the 2.5 amanda
>         server ?
>         
>         Are the new encryption and ssh features easy to use ? 
>         
>         Thanks !
>