[rescue] amanda

[Dave McGuire]

On November 10, Bill Bradford wrote:
> anybody using amanda for backups?
> 
> Here's what I'm thinking of doing:
> 
> client on ohno (at colo)
> server on a machine here at the house (but behind a dynamic IP)
> server connects to ohno nightly and does backups over the cablemodem..
> 
> That possible w/Amanda?

  I've been using Amanda for a very long time.  Sometimes it gets on
my nerves but I generally like it.

  Amanda is usually configured to use hostname-based security.  Being
on the dynamic address will probably be an issue there.  Can you give
it a static IP?

        -Dave

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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL