Chris Spent the last day or so fighting with amanda and sol 10...so here's an idea.
Is the gnu project "stow" still around? This is/was really useful in splitting out stuff and bringing back to /usr/local. -- martin -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hoogendyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 7:42 PM To: AMANDA users <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Availability of Amanda Solaris10/Open Solaris package Paddy Sreenivasan wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Nick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Paddy, >> >> It's great that there is a packaged version of Amanda again. >> >> Why are you installing it /usr/libexec/*, /usr/bin & /var/lib/amanda? >> > > I tried to keep the same location as Linux versions. See > http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amanda_packages_from_Zmanda_downloads_page > >> I don't mean to be a troll but there are many standard (sic) places to place >> third party software on Solaris such as /usr/sfw, /opt/csw, /usr/local. I >> know of several sysadmins who would refuse to install the package on the >> grounds of lack of separation of OS and third-part apps. >> > > If there is standard location for Solaris, please let us know. We > would be happy to incorporate it. > >> Does anyone know what *Sun* recommends? Personally I'd go for >> /opt/<something>/*, /var/opt/amanda/*, /etc/opt/amanda but that's a >> *personal* preference before somebody flames me ;-) Unfortunately, it isn't very standardized for third party software. I prefer to stay away from /opt/sfw, because that's where stuff that Sun chose to include in the Solaris 10 install goes. Patches from Sun also apply to those. Sunfreeware, which I have used a fair bit, tends to go almost entirely with /usr/local, putting things in /usr/local/(bin, doc, info, lib, man, share and so on). I've tended to follow Sunfreeware's precedence when I build my own stuff. Then I can use LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PATH, and crle to control how things get accessed. By putting /usr/local/lib in front of /usr/sfw/lib, I get the things I've added as a preference, but still fall back to what Sun did if I didn't "over-ride" it. In Solaris 10 with the new T2 based servers such as the T5220, this is particularly critical. Sun has provided a tie-in from their version of openssl to the on chip cryptographic accelerators. Anything that is built pointing to their libraries will get that speed boost (Apache, sendmail, Amanda). If I tried to build that portion myself, I would either have to know a lot more about the low level configuration or I would lose that acceleration. I'm also playing with gccfss from Sun, which is optimized specifically for the T2 based systems. I should have feedback to the list soon about Amanda in this build environment. --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------- Erdös 4 ********************************************************************** Confidentiality : This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee only and may be confidential. If they come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please advise the sender by replying to this e-mail immediately and then delete the original from your computer. Opinion : Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are entirely those of the author and unless specifically stated to the contrary, are not necessarily those of the author's employer. Security Warning : Internet e-mail is not necessarily a secure communications medium and can be subject to data corruption. We advise that you consider this fact when e-mailing us. Viruses : We have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and any attachments are free from known viruses but in keeping with good computing practice, you should ensure that they are virus free. Red Lion 49 Ltd T/A Solid State Logic Registered as a limited company in England and Wales (Company No:5362730) Registered Office: 25 Spring Hill Road, Begbroke, Oxford OX5 1RU, United Kingdom **********************************************************************
