Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 22:29:22 -0600 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> Subject: Re: BACKUP SOFTWARE FOR FREEBSD Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020116222711.04524820@us-webmasters.com> In-Reply-To: <876662rqb5.fsf@thanatos.shenton.org> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020116114211.058fc3f0@us-webmasters.com> <3C4426F0.13993.6C4354@localhost> <3C4426F0.13993.6C4354@localhost> <5.1.0.14.2.20020116114211.058fc3f0@us-webmasters.com>
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Hi Chris,
Thanks for this! This makes it a bit more clear.
I guess I'll have to read the 'man' documentation a bit. Still=20
confused about dumps & cycles, etc.
How about restoring files? What if I just want to restore
a few files? A single directory?
Thanks,
W. D.
At 14:31 1/16/2002, Chris Shenton wrote:
>"W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> writes:
>
>> I too have recently come to FreeBSD. I have a HP SureStore DAT 40
>> that I am using with WinBlows. The software setup on that OS
>> is very straightforward.
>>=20
>> Taking a look at Amanda and some of the config files, I am completely
>> confused. Does anyone, anywhere have a simple, understandable
>> way to get Amanda working with FreeBSD and an HP SureStore 40 GB?
>
>I built it from ports with no problem. I'll attach my
>/usr/local/etc/amanda/python/amanda.conf file if it will help.
>
>Getting the remote login to the systems you want to backup is a
>little tricky; I use ".amandahosts" instead of .rhosts, but it's the
>same issue. Huh, in this client machine's ~operator/.amandahosts I'm
>allowing the amanda server (with the tape drive) in, it runs as
>operator on the server, sisyphus.shenton.org:
>
> sisyphus.shenton.org
>
>The other part is getting the /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf
>configured, but that's easy enough. /etc/services comes with the
>amanda ports already listed. Here's my part of the client's
>inetd.conf:
>
>amanda dgram udp wait operator =20
>/usr/local/libexec/amanda/amandad amandad
>
>
>Here's my amanda.conf; you'll have to modify the tape parameters for
>your tape drive:
>
># $Id: amanda.conf,v 1.5 2000/02/22 13:19:19 operator Exp $
># If your configuration is called, say, "csd", then this file normally goes
># in /usr/local/etc/amanda/csd/amanda.conf.
>
>org "python" # your organization name for reports
>mailto "chris" # space separated list of operators at your site
>dumpuser "operator" # the user to run dumps under
>
>inparallel 4 # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel
>netusage 1500 Kbps # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per sec
>
>dumpcycle 3 days # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
>runspercycle 3 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days
> # (4 weeks * 5 amdump runs per week -- just weekdays)
>tapecycle 4 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation
> # 4 weeks (dumpcycle) times 5 tapes per week (just
> # the weekdays) plus a few to handle errors that
> # need amflush and so we do not overwrite the full
> # backups performed at the beginning of the previous
> # cycle
>
>bumpsize 20 Mb # minimum savings (threshold) to bump level 1 -> 2
>bumpdays 1 # minimum days at each level
>bumpmult 4 # threshold =3D bumpsize * bumpmult^(level-1)
>
>etimeout 300 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates.
> =09
>
># Specify tape device and/or tape changer. If you don't have a tape
># changer, and you don't want to use more than one tape per run of
># amdump, just comment out the definition of tpchanger.
>
>runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of amdump
>
># 1999/03/19 /usr/local/libexec chg-chio, chs, manual, mtx, multi, rth,=
zd-mtx
># 1999/03/19 In amanda src:=20
># scsi-chio (C code; won't work for FreeBSD CAM)
># chg-chio (Perl: reads amanda.conf: tapedev,changerdev)
># chg-chio had an extraneous print which confused amtape; remove it.
>
>tpchanger "chg-chio" # the tape-changer glue script
>tapedev "/dev/nrsa0" # the no-rewind tape device to be used
>changerdev "/dev/ch0"
>
>tapetype DDS2-120 # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below)
>labelstr "^python-[0-9][0-9]*$" # label constraint regex: all tapes must=
match
>
>
>holdingdisk hd1 {
> comment "main holding disk"
> directory "/home/operator/amanda/python" # where the holding disk is
> use 600 Mb # how much space can we use: >512, multiple 64MB,128MB
> # a negative value mean:
> # use all space except that value
> chunksize -1 # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
> # dumped on multiple files on holding disks
> # N Kb/Mb/Gb split disks in chunks of size N
> # 0 split disks in INT_MAX/1024 Kb chunks
> # -1 same as -INT_MAX/1024 (see below)
> # -N Kb/Mb/Gb dont split, dump larger
> # filesystems directly to tape
> # (example: -2 Gb)
> # chunksize 2 Gb
> }
>
>
>
>infofile "/home/operator/amanda/python/curinfo" # database DIRECTORY
>logdir "/home/operator/amanda/python/log" # log DIRECTORY
>indexdir "/home/operator/amanda/python/index" # index DIRECTORY
>#tapelist "/home/operator/amanda/python/tapelist" # list of used tapes
>
># tapelist is stored, by default, in the directory that contains=
amanda.conf
>
>
>###########################################################################=
####
># tapetypes
>
>define tapetype travan4 {
> comment "Travan4 4/8GB QIC"
> length 4096 mbytes # 4GB native, 8GB compressed
> filemark 100 kbytes # ??
> speed 500 kbytes # ??
>}
>
>define tapetype DDS2-120 {
> comment "DDS2 120m"
> length 6000 mbytes # 4GB native, 8GB compressed
> filemark 63 kbytes # From Chris Stacey <chris@snrc.uow.edu.au>
> speed 627 kbytes # Seen in operation <chris@shenton.org>
>}
>
>
>
>
>###########################################################################=
####
># dumptypes
>
>define dumptype global {
> comment "Global definitions"
> index yes
>}
>
>[rest of dumptypes removed, they're in the distro]
>
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