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- 2. You can run the installer to upgrade from earlier versions of Amanda Enterprise 3.3.x. Please make sure you preserve configuration and data if you decide to uninstall earlier version of Amanda Enteprise 3.3.x and install Amanda Enterprise 3.3.8 If you are backing up VMware using Amanda Enterprise VMware agent, you should upgrade VDDK libraries to 5.1.1 version (if you have not already done so). VDDK 5.1.1 can be obtained from Zmanda Network.
- 3. It is not possible to automatically upgrade configurations from Amanda Enterprise 3.1.5 to Amanda Enterprise 3.3.8. You will have to create backup sets in 3.3.8 similar to 3.1.5. Since there are significant changes in device configurations, backup set and device configuration has to be manually. Zmanda support can provide a migration tool to migrate all client configurations (ZMC Backup What) from 3.1.5 backup set to 3.3.8 backup set. The backup images will be created using Amanda Enterprise 3.1.5 will be recoverable using Amanda commands.
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Do NOT use package upgrade option to upgrade to 3.3.8 Uninstall the old package and install 3.3.8 client packages. For rpm based installations, use the following commands: rpm -e <amanda enterprise client extension package> rpm -e <amanda enterprise client package> rpm -i amanda_enterprise-backup_client-3.3.8-1.* rpm -i amanda_enterprise-extensions-client-3.3.8-1* For debian/ubuntu installations, use the following commands: dpkg --remove <amanda enterprise client extension package> dpkg --remove <amanda enterprise client package> dpkg --install amanda-enterprise-backup-client_3.3.8* dpkg --install amanda-enterprise-extensions-client_3.3.8* On MacOS X, Install the package by double clicking on the disk image (.dmg) for the client and extensions packages.
- 4.1.1. Changes in 3.3.8
- 4.1.2. Documentation
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For a full list of supported platforms please review the compatibility guide here.
Amanda Enterprise 3.3 documentation provides detailed information on how to install and configure Amanda server and client on these platforms.
- 5.1.1. Known Issues
Amanda Enterprise 3.3.8 provides new functionality and fixes issues reported by Amanda Enterprise customers.
Zmanda Windows Client 3.3.9 and Linux/Solaris/Mac client 3.3.8 are available along with 3.3.8 server release.
Upgrading from Amanda Enterprise 3.3.x
You can run the installer to upgrade from earlier versions of Amanda Enterprise 3.3.x. Please make sure you preserve configuration and data if you decide to uninstall earlier version of Amanda Enteprise 3.3.x and install Amanda Enterprise 3.3.8
If you are backing up VMware using Amanda Enterprise VMware agent, you should upgrade VDDK libraries to 5.1.1 version (if you have not already done so). VDDK 5.1.1 can be obtained from Zmanda Network.
Upgrading Amanda Enterprise 3.1.5 server to 3.3.8
- It is not possible to automatically upgrade configurations from Amanda Enterprise 3.1.5 to Amanda Enterprise 3.3.8. You will have to create backup sets in 3.3.8 similar to 3.1.5. Since there are significant changes in device configurations, backup set and device configuration has to be manually. Zmanda support can provide a migration tool to migrate all client configurations (ZMC Backup What) from 3.1.5 backup set to 3.3.8 backup set.
- The backup images will be created using Amanda Enterprise 3.1.5 will be recoverable using Amanda commands.
Upgrading Amanda Enterprise Linux/Mac OS X/Solaris Clients to 3.3.8
- Do NOT use package upgrade option to upgrade to 3.3.8 Uninstall the old package and install 3.3.8 client packages.
- For rpm based installations, use the following commands:
- rpm -e <amanda enterprise client extension package>
- rpm -e <amanda enterprise client package>
- rpm -i amanda_enterprise-backup_client-3.3.8-1.*
- rpm -i amanda_enterprise-extensions-client-3.3.8-1*
- For debian/ubuntu installations, use the following commands:
- dpkg --remove <amanda enterprise client extension package>
- dpkg --remove <amanda enterprise client package>
- dpkg --install amanda-enterprise-backup-client_3.3.8*
- dpkg --install amanda-enterprise-extensions-client_3.3.8*
- On MacOS X,
- Install the package by double clicking on the disk image (.dmg) for the client and extensions packages.
- rpm -e <amanda enterprise client extension package>
- rpm -e <amanda enterprise client package>
- rpm -i amanda_enterprise-backup_client-3.3.8-1.*
- rpm -i amanda_enterprise-extensions-client-3.3.8-1*
- dpkg --remove <amanda enterprise client extension package>
- dpkg --remove <amanda enterprise client package>
- dpkg --install amanda-enterprise-backup-client_3.3.8*
- dpkg --install amanda-enterprise-extensions-client_3.3.8*
- Install the package by double clicking on the disk image (.dmg) for the client and extensions packages.
Changes in 3.3.8
- Amanda Enterprise server and client support for newer versions of Windows, Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL and Fedora distributions. See Supported Platform matrix for list of distributions supported.
- Better handling of disk unavailability when backup starts.
- Support for cloud backup using http proxies.
- Lot of bug fixes.
Documentation
For a full list of supported platforms please review the compatibility guide here.
Amanda Enterprise 3.3 documentation provides detailed information on how to install and configure Amanda server and client on these platforms.
Known Issues
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Amanda Enterprise backup server 3.3.8 does not support single tape drive without a changer. Please use Amanda Enterprise 3.1.5 for these configurations.
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Hyper-V discovery in ZMC Backup What page displays virtual disks. But, virtual disks cannot be backed up individually as an backup object. Complete virtual machine has to be backed up.
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When you upgrade Zmanda Windows Client from a version before 3.3.8 to 3.3.9, you will have to perform a full backup of all Windows client objects on that host is required.