This article is for all versions of Amanda Enterprise (AE)
Linux Clients
Installing or upgrading Linux client packages should be managed by your distribution’s package manager. For example:RPM based distributions (e.g., CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
rpm -Uvh amanda_enterprise-backup_client-3.5-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh amanda_enterprise-extensions-client-3.5-1.rhel6.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh MySQL-zrm-enterprise-client-3.8-1.noarch.rpm
DEB based distributions (Debian or Ubuntu)
dpkg -i amanda-enterprise-backup-client_3.5-1Debian70_amd64.deb dpkg -i amanda-enterprise-extensions-client_3.5-1Debian70_amd64.deb dpkg -i mysql-zrm-enterprise-client_3.8-1_all.deb
Solaris Clients
When upgrading, please first uninstall the client packages from the host.Uninstall client packages from Solaris host
pkgrm ZMANae-client pkgrm ZMANae-client-ext
Amanda Enterprise 3.3.6 Solaris client
There is a bug in the uninstallation script for Amanda Enterprise 3.3.6 Solaris Client that can be worked around by first running the following command:
perl -pi -e 's/net_svn_name/net_svc_name/' /var/sadm/pkg/ZMANae-client/install/postremove
Then install the latest version of the Solaris client per the client installation documentation.Install Amanda Enterprise Solaris client packages
tar xvf ZMANae-client-3.5-sparc-sun-solaris2.10.tar pkgadd -d ZMANae-client-3.5-sparc-sun-solaris2.10/ZMANae-client-3.5-sparc-sun-solaris2.10.pkg pkgadd -d ZMANae-client-3.5-sparc-sun-solaris2.10/ZMANae-client-ext-3.5-sparc-sun-solaris2.10.pkg
Windows Clients
Install or upgrade the client on your Windows host by running the InstallShield executable (setup.exe
) provided in the Zmanda Windows Client installer package.