How to determine tape drive and tape changer device names in Linux
Amanda needs “tapedev” and “changerdev” names to use any Tape Library for backups. This article tells you how to determine...
The AEE (Amanda Enterprise Edition) service controls the Zmanda backup server.
This article is for Zmanda Enterprise version 4.1
Analysis
The following issues would require a restart of the AEE service:
- setup-aee command reports any component as inactive or failed.
- Scheduled backups are not running.
- Continuous backup failures creating defunct amdump jobs.
Solution
The AEE service can be restarted using the command:
# systemctl restart run-zmanda-backup-server.service
After the service is restarted, wait for a few minutes for all the components to come up.
You can verify the service status using the command:
# setup-aee
