>My AMANDA server is on a private network and the AMANDA clients are on a >publicly accessible network. The public servers cannot route to the >private server because of the non-routable IP. Would this prevent my >backups from working? ...
I'm not sure. However, you might get a copy of the latest 2.4.3 beta release from SourceForge and look at the docs/PORT.USAGE file. There is also a copy here if it's easier: ftp://gandalf.cc.purdue.edu/pub/amanda/PORT.USAGE At one point I thought about this enough to write down some notes about how Amanda uses UDP and TCP ports, and there is a section on firewalls and such. >Does the server pull the data off of the clients >or do the clients push the data back to the server. Yes :-). The server sends a (UDP) packet to the client requesting a backup be done. In the packet is a list of ports to connect to back on the server (who is sitting there waiting on the client). The client connects to those ports and starts shoving data. >Jeff > >PS. Please don't flame me for asking. Not a chance! :-) This is a very friendly mailing list. There is practically never any heat. Ask whatever you need to ask and we'll try to help you get going with Amanda. John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
