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I have a new mac G5 Xserve and have been told that Amanda will work
just find as a back up. I am already running Amanda (2.4.2) with an old Linux
machine serving as a tape host.

I haven't found any instructions or accounts on installing Amanda on
OSX machines. ( I suspect this is simply because the terms "Mac OS X
server" wind up matching to much indvidually, but nothing as a string
- making it hard for me to find previous related posts.)

Can a kind soul point me in the right direction?

Will I be able to compile the 2.4.2 client on OS X or will I have to
upgrade to 2.4.4?

I am currently using gnu tar and zip with linux. Will I have trouble
with Mac versions of gnu tar and zip programs?

--
Josh Kuperman
josh < at > saratoga.lib.ny.us

You'll have to configure it using the --without-server directive

Probably best to use hfstar in stead of tar too ( http://www.metaobject.com/Products.html#hfstar ) to backup resource forks.
(configure using --with-gnutar=/path/to/hfstar )


hth

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josh <josh < at > saratoga.lib.ny.us>
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Subject
install amanda on macosx-server




I have a new mac G5 Xserve and have been told that Amanda will work
just find as a back up. I am already running Amanda (2.4.2) with an old Linux
machine serving as a tape host.

I haven't found any instructions or accounts on installing Amanda on
OSX machines. ( I suspect this is simply because the terms "Mac OS X
server" wind up matching to much indvidually, but nothing as a string
- making it hard for me to find previous related posts.)

Can a kind soul point me in the right direction?

Will I be able to compile the 2.4.2 client on OS X or will I have to
upgrade to 2.4.4?

I am currently using gnu tar and zip with linux. Will I have trouble
with Mac versions of gnu tar and zip programs?

--
Josh Kuperman
josh < at > saratoga.lib.ny.us

I put some notes up a while ago at
http://web.brandeis.edu/pages/view/Bio/AmandaMacOSXCompileNotes

I'd recommend you use xtar as a tar substitute.
http://www.helios.de/news/news03/N_06_03.html

You might as well use amanda 2.4.4 on the client, it should be
compatible with 2.4.2 on the server.

On Jul 27, 2004, at 11:35 PM, josh wrote:

I have a new mac G5 Xserve and have been told that Amanda will work
just find as a back up. I am already running Amanda (2.4.2) with an
old Linux
machine serving as a tape host.

I haven't found any instructions or accounts on installing Amanda on
OSX machines. ( I suspect this is simply because the terms "Mac OS X
server" wind up matching to much indvidually, but nothing as a string
- making it hard for me to find previous related posts.)

Can a kind soul point me in the right direction?

Will I be able to compile the 2.4.2 client on OS X or will I have to
upgrade to 2.4.4?

I am currently using gnu tar and zip with linux. Will I have trouble
with Mac versions of gnu tar and zip programs?

--
Josh Kuperman
josh < at > saratoga.lib.ny.us