On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 06:27:01AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 04:09:22PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > I recently messed up some files and decided to resort to the backup to > > recover them. I was able to do so, but the process left me wondering if > > I would really be in a position to do so in all cases. For example, > > Amanda configuration is in /etc/amanda -- what if /etc was what I needed > > to restore? Similarly, I gather there are files under /var/lib/amanda -- > > what happens if /var is damaged? > > > > I have not been able to understand from the Amanda documentation really > > all that I need to have in place to be able to expect to recover from, > > say, a disk replacement after catastrophic failure. I'm imagining, main > > disk goes to data heaven, I buy a new one, install Stretch again fresh, > > and now I want to re-install packages and restore their backed-up > > configuration as well as restore my data in /home etc. I know there are > > a few experienced users of Amanda on this list -- can anyone help me, or > > perhaps point me to a good resource that explains it, or even if there's > > a section in the documentation I've missed that makes it clear? > > > > I guess a key point is, in my configuration, the same machine is both > > Amanda server and Amanda client. I guess I may expand this in the future > > to have this machine manage backups for other machines, but at the > > moment that is not happening. Of course, the disk that houses the Amanda > > virtual tapes is off-machine. > > > > What I'm looking for is along the lines of "your nightly backup routine > > needs to be run amdump, then rsync this, this and this directory > > somewhere safe" or whatever it is. Or alternatively "don't be an idiot > > you don't need to do any of that, amanda is magic in this, this and this > > way". > > Amanda is not good for the situation you describe. I can confirm that. I manage 3 installations of amanda server and in 2 of them I have a secondary backup system of the server using storeBackup. My home installation of amanda is a machine with 3 disks of 4TB. The first have all the system data and my personal files, the others 2 disks contains the vTapes and the backup files of storeBackup. With this setup I can survive the loss of a single disk. Being the 3 disks always online, I am not protected against a virus or a sysadmin error that can wipe the data in the 3 disks with one single command. > > Tell us your scenario, and we can offer better advice. Indeed. > > -dsr- > > Kind regards Jose M Calhariz -- -- Em todo casal há pelo menos um tolo. -- Henry Fielding
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