Sun Storage J4400 Array as Disk Storage for Zmanda's Amanda Enterprise 2.6 Software

Thomas Hanvey (Sun Microsystems) and Dmitri Joukovski and Ken Crandall (Zmanda); October 2008

Introduction

This guide discusses how to quickly configure Amanda Enterprise Edition backup software on a Sun server attached to the Sun Storage J4400 array using the Sun StorageTek PCI-E SAS Host Bus Adapter. The document also provides examples for configuring the zpool and ZFS file systems on the Solaris 10 OS. The authors show how to install Amanda Enterprise Edition to utilize the Sun Fire X4200 M2 server and Sun Storage J4400 array.

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Contents

• Introduction
• Configuration
  • Overview
  • Solaris OS Configuration
  • Zpool Configuration
  • ZFS Configuration
  • Amanda Enterprise Edition Configuration
  • Amanda Enterprise Edition Monitoring and Reporting
  • Recovery Using the Zmanda Management Console
• Summary

For More Information

Here are additional resources:

• Documentation for Amanda Enterprise Edition from Zmanda Network (requires registration):
  • Advantages of Amanda Over Proprietary Backup white paper
  • Introduction to Amanda Enterprise white paper
• The following Sun documents at http://docs.sun.com:
  • Sun Storage J4400 Array document collection
  • Sun Fire X4200 M2 server document collection
  • ZFS Administration Guide (part of the Solaris 10 System Administration Collection)
  • System Administration Guide: IP Services (part of the Solaris 10 System Administration Collection)
• ZFS Best Practices Guide on the Solaris Internals web site
• Sun training courses at http://www.sun.com/training/, such as Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Server Maintenance and Troubleshooting CD Bundle (CDLE-4923)
• Support:
  • Sun resources:
    • Register your Sun gear
    • Services
    • SunSolve Online
  • Community system administration experts
• Discussions, such as:
  • Zmanda forums
  • Sun Storage forums
  • Sun Hardware - Servers forums
• Wikis:
  • Zmanda wiki
  • Sun BluePrints wiki
  • Storage Administration wiki
  • BigAdmin wiki's Storage Tech Tips
• Other resources:
  • Sun Fire X4200 M2 server web site
  • BigAdmin Storage Resource Collection
  • Sun Storage web site
  • Storage Stop Blog
• Events of interest to users of Sun products
  • Worldwide developer events and Sun Tech Days
  • Current events