Introduction

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  1. 1. Introduction

Introduction

Amanda Enterprise Application Modules (licensed separately from servers and standard clients) allow you to schedule intelligent backup of selected database and email applications. Intelligent backup means that data from these applications will be captured in a consistent state while minimizing or eliminating application downtime during backup.

Amanda Enterprise performs application backup via integration with each application's native backup tools, such Oracle's RMAN or Windows Exchange Writer. This method not only provides the best application availability during backup, it also results in a portable backup that doesn't necessarily require Amanda Enterprise for restores.

Pre-installation requirements for the various modules are described in the application-specific sections of the manual. Licensing is described in the Zmanda Management Console User's Manual "Acquiring and Installing License Keys" section.