Information about the package, amanda-server, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The amanda-server package is designed for, The server side of the AMANDA tape backup system.
Package Name:
amanda-server
Summary:
The server side of the AMANDA tape backup system
Description:
The amanda-server package should be installed on the AMANDA server, the machine attached to the device(s) (such as a tape drive) where backups will be written. You will also need to install the amanda package on the AMANDA server machine. And, if the server is also to be backed up, the server also needs to have the amanda-client package installed.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.6.1p2
Release:
9.el6_6
Size:
466 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and LGPLv2 and GPLv3+ and GPLv2
Control the amanda-server package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install amanda-server
This command will install amanda-server on the server.
yum remove amanda-server
This command will un-install amanda-server on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove amanda-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove amanda-server
This command will un-install amanda-server on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove amanda-server when using the -y flag.
yum update amanda-server
This command will update amanda-server to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove amanda-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update amanda-server
This command will update amanda-server to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove amanda-server when using the -y flag.
yum info amanda-server
This command will show you core information about the amanda-server package.
yum deplist amanda-server
This command will show you the dependencies for amanda-server. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update amanda-server
This command will check if there is an update waiting on amanda-server. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.