On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 05:49:57PM -0800, Centos Newb enlightened us:
I was told that AMANDA packages are already on Centos 4.4, i did: "sudo yum install amanda" and it installed, but i have not been able to run any commands or 'locate' any files that look like config files?
I am brand new to AMANDA (tried installing it from RPMs on a few operating systems) and i have not had much success at all.
I have read the documentation on the AMANDA site, they even have a specific note for centos users on installing the RPMs (not to do it as root). But i have been told that it is not that difficult, to just use yum and that takes care of it.
I think that i may be lacking some administrative commands. What are some good ways to verify that a service is installed? How do i know which components are needed? Doesn't Yum take care of dependencies? I feel like i am missing something- Any suggestions on what i may have overlooked- or ways that i can check on my own?
Most likely you are missing the amanda-server package. The amanda package is just the common libraries and things.
You may also wish to look at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/AmandaBackups The version of Amanda included in CentOS 4 is very outdated, so you may want to use updated RPMs by following http://www.math.ohiou.edu/~hyclak/casit/amanda/ or check out the RPMs from zmanda.com.
Matt