Sun Fire X4540 Server as Backup Server for Zmanda's Amanda Enterprise 2.6 Software

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

Introduction

This quick-start guide provides an introduction to configuring the Sun Fire X4540 server as a backup server for Zmanda's Amanda Enterprise Edition 2.6 software. The article provides examples for configuring the zpool and ZFS file systems on the Solaris 10 OS and installing Amanda Enterprise Edition to utilize the Sun Fire X4540 server.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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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 Fire X4540 server document collection
  • ZFS Administration Guide (part of the Solaris 10 System Administration Collection)
  • IP Services Guide (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 X4540 Server Administration (WET-6179)
• Support:
  • Register your Sun gear
  • Services
  • SunSolve Online
• 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 X4540 Server web site
  • BigAdmin Storage 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