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Option "NoLogo" "1" |
3. Assignment: Install Amanda & use it
Installation
create the directory structure for the folders to keep the backup
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mkdir /mnt/backup
#mount $DISK /mnt/backup/
mkdir /mnt/backup/vtapes /mnt/backup/holding /mnt/backup/holding/sam
chown backup.disk -R /mnt/backup/* |
create the config in /etc/amanda
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mkdir /etc/amanda/sam-daily
touch /etc/amanda/sam-daily/amanda.conf
touch /etc/amanda/sam-daily/disklist
chown -R backup.backup /etc/amanda/sam-daily |
/etc/amanda/sam-daily/amanda.conf
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org "sam"
mailto "root"
dumpcycle 7
runspercycle 5
tapecycle 30
dumpuser "backup"
tpchanger "chg-disk:/mnt/backup/vtapes/sam" # a virtual tape changer
#tapedev "/dev/nst0a" # the tapechanger
#tapedev "file:/mnt/backup/vtapes/offering"
changerfile "/var/lib/amanda/sam/changerfile"
labelstr "SAM.*"
label_new_tapes "SAM-%%"
tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK
logdir "/var/lib/amanda/sam"
infofile "/var/lib/amanda/sam/curinfo"
indexdir "/var/lib/amanda/sam/index"
tapelist "/var/lib/amanda/sam/tapelist"
runtapes 5
#usetimestamps YES
dtimeout 3600 #seconds per client per dump
holdingdisk hd1 {
directory "/mnt/backup/holding/sam"
}
define dumptype comp-tar {
program "GNUTAR"
index yes
# record no # Important! avoid interfering with production runs
auth "bsdtcp"
}
define dumptype user-tar-span {
comp-tar
tape_splitsize 445 MB
auth "bsd"
#holdingdisk no
#split_diskbuffer "/mnt/holding/diskbuffer"
#fallback_splitsize 100M
comment "tape-spanning user partitions dumped with tar"
#exclude list "/etc/amanda/sam-daily/exclude-list"
}
define dumptype user-tar-span-home {
user-tar-span
comment "exluding all the unwanted things from /home"
# exclude list "/etc/amanda/sam-daily/exclude-list"
}
define tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK {
filemark 4 KB
length 4482 MB
}
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echo debian-server-test-sam.bluelight.av backup amdump >> /var/backups/.amandahosts |
/etc/amanda/sam-daily/disklist
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debian-server-test-sam.bluelight.av /etc user-tar-span
debian-server-test-sam.bluelight.av /var user-tar-span
debian-server-test-sam.bluelight.av /root user-tar-span
#debian-server-test-sam.bluelight.av /home/./all /home/ {
#user-tar-span
#exclude append "./media_no_backup"
#} |
as the backup user create all the virtual tapes and label them
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su backup -c "mkdir /mnt/backup/vtapes/sam"
for i in `seq 30`; do su backup -c "mkdir /mnt/backup/vtapes/sam/slot$i"; done
cd /mnt/backup/vtapes/sam && ln -s slot1 data |
create the tapelist
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su backup -c "mkdir /var/lib/amanda/sam"
su backup -c "touch /var/lib/amanda/sam/tapelist" |
label the tapes
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for i in `seq 30`; do su backup -c "/usr/sbin/amlabel sam-daily SAM-$i slot $i"; done |
/root/scripts/amanda-backup (after creating the folder)
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#!/bin/bash
#mount ${DISK} /mnt/backup
su backup -c "/usr/sbin/amdump sam-daily"
#sleep 5
#umount /mnt/backup
exit 0 |
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chmod +x /root/scripts/amanda-backup |
Recover
Create the directory where the recovery should be dumped in: /mnt/recovery
In order to be able to run a recovery add the following line to /etc/amandahosts
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localhost root amindexd amidxtaped |
Go to the /mnt/recovery folder
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amrecover sam-daily
listhost
sethost debian-server-test-sam.bluelight.av
listdisk
setdisk /etc
cd (folder name - ls works too)
add (name of the folder to recover or * for everything)
extract
exit |