Amanda Enterprise patch 21653 is a mandatory patch for all Amanda 3.3.x customers doing Windows backups. This patch must be installed on the Amanda Enterprise server.
Patch installation procedure
Note: Zmanda Management Console should not be in use during this process. Amanda backup or restoration should not be in progress.
- You should be running Amanda Enterprise 3.3.6 or later on the Amanda Server.
- Patch must be installed on the Amanda Enterprise server.
- If ZRM is installed, Stop ZRM ZMC services
# /etc/init.d/zmc_zrm stop
- Install the patch as super user on the Amanda server.
- Extract the patch using gunzip command
# gunzip amanda-enterprise-server-patch-21653.tar.gz
- Copy the files to /opt/zmanda/amanda/ZMC directory.
- Restart ZRM ZMC services if it was stopped in step 1.
Changes in the patch
- This patch removes support for Windows client parallel backups. After the application of the patch, only one backup will be performed on a Windows machine at a time. This patch is temporary till the issue that prevents parallel backups for Windows machine is resolved.