Re: Updating the "Amanda chapter" web pages
After looking at quite a bit of the post to amanda-users it seems as though that a lot of people has trouble understanding which /dev/ to use for amanda. I know for me setting up a changer under RedHat 7.0 was a bit tough due to never having used scsi devices under Linux before. Maybe in the "Dummies" section ? Everyone should pitch in an example for the approriate OS. I use RedHat 7.0 ( two internal SCSI drives and my tape drive I use is the second scsi tape device attached ) HP SureStor 24x6 autoloader /dev/nst1 ( for the drive ) /dev/sg3 ( for the changer ) That is my "two-cents" BC __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: Updating the "Amanda chapter" web pages
"John R. Jackson" wrote: > I've been given the "opportunity" :-) to update the Amanda chapter > web pages at www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html, so now would be a good > time for everyone to toss in their comments on what it should contain > (keeping in mind that every minute I'm typing HTML is one I won't be > typing Amanda code or mailing list answers -- I've got two hands but am > decidedly **not** ambidextrous :-). > > If you've seen any typos, total lies or that kind of thing, please send > pointers to me. > > A couple of items to improve that have popped to mind are even more > about how to do GNU tar exclusions and vastly more about setting up > changer config files. Silly question :-), but are there any others? > > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] In http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-6.html: I suggest writing a script to run ./configure if you have many customizations or if you have multiple configurations. Under troubleshooting, http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-14.html, If you think amanda isn't running but a ps -ax shows that there is an amandad, it may be a zombie process. That will cause the protocol to fail. Is it possible you could farm out some of the writing? Jeff -- Jeff Silverman, sysadmin for the Research Computing Systems (RCS) University of Washington, School of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Dept. Box 352500, Seattle, WA, 98125-2500 FAX: (206) 221-5264 Phone (206) 543-9378 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rcs.ee.washington.edu/~jeffs
RE: Updating the "Amanda chapter" web pages
A few thoughts: (Some of these might be silly or obvious) In http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-2.html: - Explain why appending to tape is a bad idea In http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-4.html: - "Some operating system distributions provide pre-compiled versions of AMANDA, but because AMANDA hardcodes some values into the programs, they may not match the configuration." seems to be missing something. In http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-5.html: - At least mention a newer version of SAMBA - Warn about known bad version(s) of tar - Mention that dump can be used, but is system specific - Mention that the required software should be installed BEFORE AMANDA so that she can detect it during configure In http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-6.html: - There is a trailing underscore after the configure commands - "./conFigure 4-1rguments." In http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-7.html: - Another underscore after configure. Does this mean something I don't know? (likely) In http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-11.html: - The first block of parameters aren't formatted very nicely In http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-12.html: - Might want to change this part of the tapetype section to refer to FoM "Post the results to the amanda-users mailing list so others may benefit from your effort." In http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-23.html: - It looks like "Using amrestore" was supposed to be a section heading In http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda-24.html: - It looks like there is a line "To restore, position the tape at start of file and run:" in the middle of the header that should be in monotype but isn't. -Original Message- From: John R. Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 4:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Updating the "Amanda chapter" web pages I've been given the "opportunity" :-) to update the Amanda chapter web pages at www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html, so now would be a good time for everyone to toss in their comments on what it should contain (keeping in mind that every minute I'm typing HTML is one I won't be typing Amanda code or mailing list answers -- I've got two hands but am decidedly **not** ambidextrous :-). If you've seen any typos, total lies or that kind of thing, please send pointers to me. A couple of items to improve that have popped to mind are even more about how to do GNU tar exclusions and vastly more about setting up changer config files. Silly question :-), but are there any others? John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Updating the "Amanda chapter" web pages
I don't know if this qualifies as an actual suggestion or not, but here goes. Don't lose the messages in the details. Perhaps start the chapter with a "Dummies" section on how to do a basic backup with Amanda and how to do a basic restore. Then dive off into the details of each part of the process. Andrew Robinson At 04:05 PM 2/6/01 -0500, John R. Jackson wrote: >I've been given the "opportunity" :-) to update the Amanda chapter >web pages at www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html, so now would be a good >time for everyone to toss in their comments on what it should contain >(keeping in mind that every minute I'm typing HTML is one I won't be >typing Amanda code or mailing list answers -- I've got two hands but am >decidedly **not** ambidextrous :-). > >If you've seen any typos, total lies or that kind of thing, please send >pointers to me. > >A couple of items to improve that have popped to mind are even more >about how to do GNU tar exclusions and vastly more about setting up >changer config files. Silly question :-), but are there any others? > >John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Andrew W. Robinson | Voice: +1 (504)-889-2784 * * Computerized Processes Unlimited, Inc. | FAX:+1 (504)-889-2799 * * 4200 S. I-10 Service Rd., Suite 205| E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Metairie, LA 70001 | WWW: http://www.cpu.com * * "Consulting System Integrators" *
