Amanda packages from Zmanda downloads page
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Installation directories
| Linux | Solaris | Examples | |
|---|---|---|---|
Amanda commands | /usr/sbin | /opt/amanda/sbin | amadmin, amrecover |
Amanda configuration | /etc/amanda | /etc/opt/amanda | amanda.conf, disklist |
Amanda internal binaries | /usr/libexec/amanda | /opt/amanda/lib | amandad, driver (libexec directory) |
Amanda libraries | /usr/lib/amanda | /opt/amanda/lib | libamanda.a, libamclient.a |
Amanda local/shared state directory | /var/lib/amanda | /var/opt/amanda | gnutar-lists, .amandahosts |
Amanda man pages | /usr/share/man | /opt/amanda/man | man pages |
Installation logs
Installation logs are created in /var/log/amanda directory. All Amanda package installation errors are logged in this log file.
Amanda user
Amanda packages create "amandabackup" user as the Amanda user. All the installed binaries have "amandabackup" as the owner and "disk" as the group name except for some internal Amanda client binaries that are "setuid root". The "amandabackup" user account is locked till the system administrator sets the password for the user. The Amanda user "amandabackup" home directory will be /var/lib/amanda.
amandates file
/var/amanda/amandates is automatically created as part of the post-installation script.
.amandahosts file
Default .amandahosts file is created in Amanda local/shared state directory (see Installation directories above) and it is owned by Amanda user "amandabackup". The contents of the file are:
gnutar-lists
gnutar-lists directory is created in Amanda local/shared state directory (see Installation directories above) and is owned by Amanda user "amandabackup"
Solaris package dependencies
Amanda server and client packages for Solaris 10 and Open Solaris have dependencies on packages from Solaris OpenCSW site.
glib2 >= 2.32.4
gtar >= 1.26
readline >= 6.2
libcurl4 >= 7.28.2
libsasl >= 2.2
openssh
Above packages have other dependencies, but the OpenCSW package management tool, pkgutil, should find and install them.
If using a tape library or changer, mtx is also needed.
Quick configuration using Zmanda packages
Zmanda website has a white paper on how to install, configure, do backups and recovery using Amanda in 15 minutes.
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