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Backing up PCs (Windows) using AMANDA and samba

Windows shares can be included in your AMANDA backup regimen. Your choices boil down to this:

  1. compile AMANDA under CYGWIN in each Windows client
  2. use a reference to an existing samba mount on the local file system (mounted using smbmount)
  3. use smbmnt and an /etc/amandapass files for shares listed in disklist
  4. find a working version od AMANDA built for Windows (I've heard rumours - none of the good...)
compile AMANDA under CYGWIN in each Windows client
This is beyond the scope of this document

use a reference to an existing samba mount on the local file system (mounted using smbmount)
mount the samba share in some directory :

smbmnt //neverland/wwwroot$ /mnt/neverland-wwwroot -o username=ororkep smbmnt //ororkep-w2k3.itas.ca/wwwroot$ /mnt/ororkep-w2k3-wwwroot -o username=ororkep

edit /etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist to include the sambahost, sambashare and optionally domain:

# vi /etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist

#ororkep-w2k3.itas.ca wwwroot share linux-snort /mnt/ororkep-w2k3/ nocomp-user-gnutar linux-snort /mnt/neverland/ nocomp-user-gnutar


#ororkep-w2k3.itas.ca wwwroot share
linux-snort.itas.ca //ororkep-w2k3.itas.ca/wwwroot$ nocomp-user-gnutar

define dumptype nocomp-user-gnutar {
program "GNUTAR"
comment "user partitions dumped with tar and no compression"
options no-compress
priority medium
}
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use smbmnt and an /etc/amandapass files for shares listed in disklist
# vi /etc/amandapass

//ororkep-w2k3.itas.ca/wwwroot$ user%password

# vi /etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist

#ororkep-w2k3.itas.ca wwwroot share
linux-snort.itas.ca //ororkep-w2k3.itas.ca/wwwroot$ nocomp-user-gnutar

define dumptype nocomp-user-gnutar {
program "GNUTAR"
comment "user partitions dumped with tar and no compression"
options no-compress
priority medium
}
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use smbmnt and an /etc/amandapass files for shares listed in disklist
# vi /etc/amandapass

//ororkep-w2k3.itas.ca/wwwroot$ user%password

# vi /etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist

#ororkep-w2k3.itas.ca wwwroot share
linux-snort.itas.ca //ororkep-w2k3.itas.ca/wwwroot$ nocomp-user-gnutar

define dumptype nocomp-user-gnutar {
program "GNUTAR"
comment "user partitions dumped with tar and no compression"
options no-compress
priority medium
}
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