If you install the amanda-client package on Debian, some things need to be configured before you can actually use the service.
1) Install amanda-client by using aptitude or apt-get install.
2) Determine which disk partition to backup by typing in “df”.
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use % Mounted on
/dev/hda1 10000 1000 9000 10% /
In this example, you will back up “hda1”. Add this entry to the Amanda server configuration in
/etc/amanda/disklist
myservername hda1 user-tar
3) Edit Amanda hosts file
/var/backups/.amandahosts
[your Amanda server IP] backup
Example:
myhost.com backup
4) Update hosts.allow
amandad: [your Amanda server IP]
5) Add exclude.gtar to exclude any directories you don’t need to download.
/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar
For example, to remove temp files from backup:
./tmp
6) Open up any firewalls to allow backups to go through.
http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Set_Up_iptables_for_Amanda
7) Restart inet.d
/etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart
