How to replace an archived tape with a new tape?
This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Info Type:General Info Description for Tape Changers: By default Amanda searches for the oldest or a new tape in a tapecycle and uses that tape to ...
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Degraded Mode errors
This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Issue Symptoms A message in the FAILURE SUMMARY section of a report on the Report| Summary page shows one of the following errors: [can’t dump new...
How to restore from tape using standard unix utilities
This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Info Description:Please follow the steps below to restore from tape. Insert the tape from which you need to restore in the drive. Create a directory...
How to use Solaris 10 Service Management Facility (SMF)
This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Info Description: Amanda Enterprise uses Solaris' Service Management Facility (SMF) to run the Zmanda Solaris Client backup service and ZMC recovery ...
Monitor tab shows running backups however none in progress
This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Indication In the Monitor | Backup Tab you will see backups still running when there are none running. Resolution Verify there are no current ba...
How do I recover from Amazon S3 Storage without using Amanda?
This article is for Amanda Enterprise Edition (AE) Link to download: http://jets3t.s3.amazonaws.com/toolkit/toolkit.html Download the desired backup objects from Amazon S3 buckets by using th...
Can’t switch to incremental dump
This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Error MessageCan't switch to incremental dump Error Description This failure message can be caused by any of the following conditions: Amanda ca...
Setup of ssh transport for amrecover restores
This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) From the Client(copper.zmanda.com): Make sure you have the files below in the "/var/lib/amanda/.ssh" directory # ls -al /var/lib/amanda/.ssh -rw...
Msexchange lev 0 FAILED [Writers status is not stable]
This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Issue Symptoms Zmanda Management Console displays following message in the Report Summary page. FAILURE DUMP SUMMARY: zmanda msexchange l...
Configuring the amandabackup user so the password does not expire
This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Info Type: Tip Info Description: amandabackup user is used by Zmanda Windows Client to do backups and restoration. If the user password expire...