Disk Backup With Amanda On Debian Lenny

[ Thanks to Falko Timme for this link. ]

"1. Introduction: Amanda is an open source client/server solution to back up filesystems. Backups are triggered by the backup server, backup definitions are located on the servers but exclusion lists are located on the client.

"2. Landscape: bckserver.mydomain.com (Debian lenny): The backup server that hosts amanda server.
"bckclient.mydomain.com (Debian lenny): The backup client is a web server with a MySQL database (no replication).
"An ISCSI SAN as a library. backup to virtual tapes (disks)"

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Zmanda's Data Backup: Enterprise Quality, SMB Prices(Apr 22, 2010)
• Top Backup Solutions for Linux(Nov 18, 2009)
• The Recipe for Linux's Netbook Success(Jul 13, 2009)