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  Zmanda is the leader in open source backup and recovery products. Its Amanda Enterprise Edition is the certified, tested and fully supported version of the world's most popular open source backup and recovery software, Amanda. Amanda Enterprise Edition was designed with a focus on usability, security and application support that make it the right choice for today's technology-driven business environments. Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL is industry's first comprehensive, enterprise-class backup and recovery solution designed specifically for MySQL databases.
 

  Many administrators cite complexity of installing lots of different components as a roadblock to adopting open source software. One of our main goals for the Amanda Enterprise Edition was to enable backup administrators to very easily install, configure and manage a backup solution for their network. We invested heavily in developing our LAMP based Zmanda Management Console for configuring and managing Amanda. BitRock was a natural partner for us to make the installation itself easier. We relied heavily on the LAMP expertise of BitRock's developers to meet our aggressive timeframe to deliver a rapid installer for Amanda.       

- Chander Kant, CEO & Co-Founder
 
Products: For Amanda Enterprise Edition customers, it is important for Zmanda to present the fastest, most professional installation process possible. Zmanda Management Console (ZMC), which provides an innovative and rich web interface to manage Amanda, requires Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, and several PHP extensions and Perl modules. Asking users to manually install and configure all of the software required to run ZMC would be counter to the ease-of-use expectations of Zmanda's enterprise customers.

Challenge:

For Amanda Enterprise Edition customers, it is important for Zmanda to present the fastest, most professional installation process possible. Amanda requires Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, and several PHP extensions and Perl modules. Asking users to manually install and configure all of the software required to run it would not provide the polish customers expect from an enterprise solution.

BitRock Solution:

BitRock developed a custom installer for Zmanda that automates the installation and configuration process for Amanda Enterprise Edition with Zmanda Management Console on Linux. The installer includes Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl and the required extensions and modules and presents a smooth, user-friendly installation process. Sophisticated logic built into the installer prevents users from making common installation mistakes, which reduces installation-related support requests. The end result is a polished, professional installation process for Amanda.



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