Amanda Operations

Configuration

One configuration may include multiple hosts and hard drives
One amanda.conf and one disklist per configuration, for example:
coewww/amanda.conf, coewww/disklist

Label tapes

amlabel coewww coewww-0

amlabel coewww coewww-1

Check configurations:

amcheck -m coewww

Schedule backups for each configuration

0 11 * * 1-5 su backup -c "/usr/local/amanda/sbin/amdump coewww"

Performing Recovery

Amrestore (on the server)
amadmin coewww find coewww.rutgers.edu
amrestore -p /dev/rmt/1cbn coewww.rutgers.edu /www/www5 | ufsrestore if -
amrestore -p /dev/rmt/1cbn coewww.rutgers.edu /www/www5 | /usr/local/bin/tar xfp -
Amrecover (on clients)
amrecover -C coewww -s backup.rutgers.edu