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Amanda, or Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver, is an archiving tool that backs
up data residing on a single server, or multiple computers on a network, to a tape-based or disk-
based storage system. Amanda uses native dump and GNU tar facilities, and it can back up a large
number of workstations and servers running various versions of Linux, UNIX, or Microsoft
Windows operating systems.
For more information, see the
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Section 6.1, "Installing Amanda Basic," on page 35
Section 6.2, "Installing Amanda Advanced," on page 35
Section 6.3, "Post-Installation," on page 36
6.1 Installing Amanda Basic
1 Click Add/Remove under Components, then select All. Scroll down to Network Backup
(Amanda) and click Install.
2 Select Hard-Disk Backup (basic), then click Next.
3 Specify your network backup configurations.
Mail To: A comma-separated list of recipients for e-mail reports.
Organization: Title of backup reports.
Days to Backup: Select the days backups will run.
Hour to Run: Select the hour that backups will run.
4 Specify your disk backup.
Maximum Backup Size (GB): The size of the virtual backup tapes in gigabytes. This is
the maximum amount of data that can be backed up during each cycle.
Number of Backups to Keep: This is the total number of backups to store at one time.
Path to Store Backups: The Linux path to your storage device.
5 Review the settings of the installation. To make a change, click Back. To proceed with the
installation, click Next.
6 The Amanda Basic installation is now complete. Click Finish to proceed to the installed
software page. Amanda is now listed on the installed software list and can be administered
from the Amanda administration link.
6.2 Installing Amanda Advanced
1 Click Add/Remove under Components, then select All. Scroll down to Network Backup
(Amanda) and click Install.
2 Select Tape Backup (Advanced), then click Next.
3 Specify your network backup configurations for Amanda.
Mail To: A comma-separated list of recipients for e-mail reports.
Amanda documentation site (http://www.amanda.org/docs/amanda-
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