Re: Backup Best Practice tutorial

Lou Hafer <[email protected]> Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:02:20 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.archivers.amanda.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Gene,

     Amanda might not have changed as much as you think, depending on 
the version you used to run. The 3.5.4 release (tag-community-3.5.4 up 
on github) hasn't had any commits since July 2023.

                 Lou

> Now, amanda has been changed considerably since I ran it from 1999 till 
> 2  new 2T seagates about 2 weeks old signed off in the middle of the 
> night 3 years ago.  That prompted a wholesale upgrading of my whole 
> wintel computer cnc farm to SSD's in nearly everything. Where do I find 
> a "first light" tutorial to get amanda started on good terms with the 
> world?  I have done nothing but install the 3.5.4 debs for all 3 pkgs. 
> So start me from there...