I have just installed amanda-2.4.1-1 from three rpms (server, client
and amanda itself) on a Pentium II running a RH6.2 Linux distribution.
Now I understand there are newer versions of the program but rpms for
newer versions conflict with old libraries that I have and which are,
to me at least, too complex to upgrade.
This is my first message to the list, I have just two quick questions:
1) After a careful search of the files installed from the rpm, it
looks like I have not got any amanda.conf file (strange). I have also looked
manually in the filesystem and there is no sign of its presence. Could
someone please send me a sample one that I can modify according to the
instructions of the man page. Thanks.
2) I just need to make sure I am on the right track here. As far as I
understand, Amanda needs to be installed on the client and on the
server. I will be backing up files from a local /dev/hda disk to a
network disk that I have mounted with the samba protocol under my
/mnt/NTgroups tree. The network disk is part of our LAN administred by
a NT server. I am not sure as to whether I need to install Amanda on
the NT server (or my administrator should) or, once I have mounted the
network disk, my computer becomes the amanda server.
Thanks for any clarification.
Massimo
Massimo Pinto
Ph.D. student
Gray Laboratory Cancer Research Trust
http://www.graylab.ac.uk/usr/pinto
