How To Install amanda-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is amanda-server.x86_64
The amanda-server package should be installed on the AMANDA server, the machine attached to the device(s) (such as a tape drive) where backups will be written. You will also need to install the amanda package on the AMANDA server machine. And, if the server is also to be backed up, the server also needs to have the amanda-client package installed.
We can use yum to install amanda-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install amanda-server.x86_64.
Install amanda-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install amanda-server.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install amanda-server.x86_64
How To Uninstall amanda-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the amanda-server.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove amanda-server.x86_64
amanda-server.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/chg-multi.conf
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/chg-scsi.conf
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/label-templates
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/label-templates/3hole.ps
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/label-templates/8.5x11.ps
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/label-templates/DIN-A4.ps
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/label-templates/DLT-A4.ps
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/label-templates/DLT.ps
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/label-templates/EXB-8500.ps
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/label-templates/HP-DAT.ps
/etc/amanda/crontab.sample
/usr/sbin/activate-devpay
/usr/sbin/amaddclient
/usr/sbin/amadmin
/usr/sbin/amcheck
/usr/sbin/amcheckdb
/usr/sbin/amcheckdump
/usr/sbin/amcleanup
/usr/sbin/amcleanupdisk
/usr/sbin/amdevcheck
/usr/sbin/amdump
/usr/sbin/amfetchdump
/usr/sbin/amflush
/usr/sbin/amlabel
/usr/sbin/amoverview
/usr/sbin/amreport
/usr/sbin/amrestore
/usr/sbin/amrmtape
/usr/sbin/amserverconfig
/usr/sbin/amservice
/usr/sbin/amstatus
/usr/sbin/amtape
/usr/sbin/amtapetype
/usr/sbin/amtoc
/usr/sbin/amvault
/usr/share/man/man1/activate-devpay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/disklist.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/tapelist.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/amanda-changers.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/amanda-devices.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/amanda-interactivity.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/amanda-taperscan.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amaddclient.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amadmin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amcheck.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amcheckdb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amcheckdump.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amcleanup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amdevcheck.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amdump.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amfetchdump.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amflush.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amlabel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amoverview.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amreport.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amrestore.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amrmtape.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amserverconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amservice.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amstatus.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amtape.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amtapetype.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amtoc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/amvault.8.gz
/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1
/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/index
/var/lib/amanda/template.d
/var/lib/amanda/template.d/README
/var/lib/amanda/template.d/advanced.conf
/var/lib/amanda/template.d/amanda-S3.conf
/var/lib/amanda/template.d/amanda-harddisk.conf
/var/lib/amanda/template.d/amanda-single-tape.conf
/var/lib/amanda/template.d/amanda-tape-changer.conf
/var/lib/amanda/template.d/chg-manual.conf
/var/lib/amanda/template.d/dumptypes
/var/lib/amanda/template.d/tapetypes
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-server.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.