Tutorial on Amanda Backup- Installation & Configuring on Centos 7
In this Video, Detailed Step by Step Instructions are being done on Installing & Configuring Amanda Backup on Centos 7 Server.
Website:
www.amanda.org
Steps to Install and Configure Amanda Backup Server & Client on Centos 7 Server are as follows:
Setting up Amanda Backup Server on Centos 7
A. Install and Configure Amanda Backup Server
B. Set Backup Parameters
C. Verify the Configuration and Verify the Backup
D. Install and Configure the Amanda Linux Clients
for Backup
Install EPEL repository
#yum install epel-release
Step 1: Installing Amanda on Centos 7
Setting up the hostname
#hostnamectl set-hostname amanda-server
#vi /etc/hosts
ip address amanda-server amanda-server.centos.com
Update the Centos OS fully
#yum update
Install Amanda Server
#yum install amanda*
Install Add on Packages
# yum install xinetd gnuplot perl-ExtUtils-Embed
Step 2. Starting Xinetd Service
#service xinetd restart
#service xinetd status
Verify the Amanda Installation
#amadmin –version
Step 3: Amanda Configurations Setup
Make some directories
#mkdir -p /amanda /etc/amanda
#chown amandabackup /amanda /etc/amand
Now switch to your ‘amandabackup’ user
and run the following commands.
# su amandabackup
# mkdir -p /amanda/vtapes/slot{1,2,3,4}
# mkdir -p /amanda/holding
# mkdir -p /amanda/state/{curinfo,log,index}
# mkdir -p /etc/amanda/MyConfig
Editing Amanda.conf file
#vi /etc/amanda/MyConfig/amanda.conf
Add the following lines as such
org “MyConfig”
infofile “/amanda/state/curinfo”
logdir “/amanda/state/log”
indexdir “/amanda/state/index”
dumpuser “amandabackup”
tpchanger “chg-disk:/amanda/vtapes”
labelstr “MyData[0-9][0-9]”
autolabel “MyData%%” EMPTY VOLUME_ERROR
tapecycle 4
dumpcycle 3 days
amrecover_changer “changer”
tapetype “TEST-TAPE”
define tapetype TEST-TAPE {
length 100 mbytes
filemark 4 kbytes
}
define dumptype simple-gnutar-local {
auth “local”
compress none
program “GNUTAR”
}
holdingdisk hd1 {
directory “/amanda/holding”
use 50 mbytes
chunksize 1 mbyte
}
Next, we will add a ‘disklist’ file with a single
disk list entry (DLE). The ‘disklist’ file
determines which disks will be backed up by Amanda.
The file contains includefile directive or
disklist entry. General usage was to
describe a DLE as a partition, or file system.
#vi /etc/amanda/MyConfig/disklist
Type the following
localhost /etc simple-gnutar-local
Save and close the file
Step 4: Check Amanda Configuration
# amcheck MyConfig
Step 5: Run Test Backup
#amdump MyConfig
It will take some seconds but no output would be there
#echo $?
You will get “0” as output”
#amreport MyConfig
Step 6: Amanda Backup Scheduling
#crontab -e
Type the following
0 17 * * * amandabackup /usr/sbin/amcheck -m MyConfig
15 2 * * * amandabackup /usr/sbin/amdump MyConfig
Exit from User
#exit
Step 7: Amanda Backup Client Installation
#yum install amanda-client xinetd
Amanda is Configured Properly…
centos 7
