How To Install amanda-server on CentOS 8
amanda-server is The server side of the AMANDA tape backup system
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-server on CentOS 8.
What is amanda-server
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 or dnf to install amanda-server on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install amanda-server.
Install amanda-server on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install amanda-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install amanda-server
Install amanda-server on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install amanda-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install amanda-server
How To Uninstall amanda-server on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the amanda-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove amanda-server
amanda-server Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amandaclient.xml
/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amandaserver.xml
/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/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/a78fd408d5b44da734e7ef79db988803fd4154
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/ab027ab354ff6b6b25e993f09e4fd75080600c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/4303cc1b040050562e3d0e526d4528f7ec15ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/a38c10d3a2399a3e2b01318fa55f15f578e3e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/c7305824681b01acad28cdffbd204740c96c98
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/9438dfc3b227886f15d2db07b9b936151ae430
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/12527e613871b921c73d7f3cde0ec7e039fcd2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/adaf8ce7e168a4365fb10e8629609dd5d20285
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/33abe749ace77f6c4fb389d79cd83fc91efee2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/1a70087e5ebd86eb2feaf0ad3ad7f3ebf406ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/0f9f4e0d63878bb0f73f8901cd362ce0c2f420
/usr/lib64/amanda/amadmin_perl
/usr/lib64/amanda/ambackupd
/usr/lib64/amanda/ambind
/usr/lib64/amanda/amcheck-device
/usr/lib64/amanda/amdumpd
/usr/lib64/amanda/amidxtaped
/usr/lib64/amanda/amindexd
/usr/lib64/amanda/amlogroll
/usr/lib64/amanda/amtrmidx
/usr/lib64/amanda/amtrmlog
/usr/lib64/amanda/chunker
/usr/lib64/amanda/driver
/usr/lib64/amanda/dumper
/usr/lib64/amanda/planner
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/bin
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/bin/app-dancer2.pl
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/bin/app.pl
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/config-dancer
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/config-dancer/config.yml
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/config.yml
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/environments
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/environments/development.yml
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/environments/production.yml
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/lib
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/lib/Amanda
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/lib/Amanda/Rest.pm
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/404.html
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/500.html
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/css
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/css/error.css
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/css/style.css
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/dispatch.cgi
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/dispatch.fcgi
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/favicon.ico
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/images
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/images/perldancer-bg.jpg
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/images/perldancer.jpg
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/javascripts
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/public/javascripts/jquery.js
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/views
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/views/index.tt
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/views/layout
/usr/lib64/amanda/rest-server/views/layout/main.tt
/usr/lib64/amanda/taper
/usr/sbin/activate-devpay
/usr/sbin/amaddclient
/usr/sbin/amadmin
/usr/sbin/amanda-rest-server
/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/amreindex
/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/amanda-command-file.5.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/amanda-rest-server.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/amreindex.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-CAStor.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 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.