AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) is a popular open-source backup system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It allows you to create and manage backups of your data to a variety of storage media, including hard drives, tapes, and remote servers.
To install and configure an AMANDA backup client on a Linux system, you will need to do the following:
apt-get command to install the amanda-client package:sudo apt-get install amanda-client
On other systems, you may need to download and compile the AMANDA software from the source code.
Configure the AMANDA client: Once the AMANDA client software is installed, you will need to configure it by editing the /etc/amanda/client.conf file. This file contains the configuration options for the AMANDA client, such as the hostname of the AMANDA server, the directories and files to be backed up, and the storage media to be used for the backups.
Test the AMANDA client: Once the AMANDA client is configured, you can test it by running the amcheck command. This command will check the configuration of the AMANDA client and report any errors or problems.
Schedule AMANDA backups: To schedule AMANDA backups, you can use the cron daemon to run the amdump command at regular intervals. The amdump command is used to create and manage AMANDA backups. You can edit the /etc/cron.d/amanda file to specify the schedule for the amdump command.
For more information about installing and configuring the AMANDA backup system, you can refer to the AMANDA documentation or use the man command to view the manual pages for AMANDA.