exclude files and large partitions

I am using gnu-tar and am trying to make use of its exclude file capability within Amanda. Can soneone help me out with 2 basic exclude file questions? 1) Do I need to put the exclude files on each client that makes use of them, or do they reside on the server? e.g --- in disklist on server

permanent archives, client notification and subdirs

Hi, I have just got Amanda set up on a server at client machine. Can anyone help me out with a few questions 1) How do I go about creating a permanent archive of tapes? I actually want to dump newly created files to tape each at dump via amanda (i.e no incrementals, always fulldumps). I tried