AMADDCLIENT(8) System Administration Commands AMADDCLIENT(8)NAMEamaddclient - program to add client to an existing Amanda configuration
SYNOPSISamaddclient--config config ||
--client client name ||
--diskdev directory to backup [--m] [--dumptype string]
[--includefile string] [--includelist string]
[--excludefile string] [--excludelist string]
[--user string] [--auth string] [--gnutar_list_dir string]
[--amandates string] [--no-client-update] [--batch]
[--help]
DESCRIPTION
After Amanda rpms are successfully installed and amserverconfig is run,
amaddclient will add client to the Amanda configuration. amaddclient
create or update Amanda disklist(5) file and create or update
/var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts file on the server.
If --no-client-update is not specified, amaddclient will attempt to
update or create /var/lib/amanda/.amandahost, amanda-client.conf and
gnutar-lists on the client. (See ssh-keygen(1) and ssh-add(1) for
detail.)
amaddclient must be run by user amandabackup.
--config, --client and --diskdev must be specified.
OPTIONS
Options may be abbreviated, as long as the abbreviation is not
ambiguous. Option argument can either separated by '=' or a space.
Example: --conf=v253, --client client8.zmanda.com
--config config
Amanda configuration which this program will add the client to.
--client client
The name of the client machine to add. FQDN name recommended.
--diskdev diskdev
Directory for this Amanda configuration to backup.
--m
Modify existing entry in the disklist(5) file.
Note: if disklist(5) file has been modified manually, this option
might not work.
--dumptype dumptype
dumptype to use. Dumptype must be defined in
/etc/amanda/template.d/dumptypes or /etc/amanda/$config/amanda.conf
file. Default: [user-tar]
--user string
name of user using amrecover on the client, default is root.
--auth string
authentication method to use when running amrecover from the client
, default is bsdtcp.
--gnutar_list_dir string
directory where gnutar keep its state file on the client. Absolute
path required. Default is /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists. If
--no-client-update is not set, this program will attempt to create
the directory on the client.
--amandates string
file where amanda keep the date of each dumplevel on the client,
default is /etc/amandates.
--batch
Turn on batch mode when copying files to the client, default is off
--no-client-update
If this option is set, amaddclient will not attempt to
update/create .amandahosts, amanda-client.conf and gnutar-lists
file on the client.
--help
Display usage.
If any of the following four options are used, amaddclient will
extend the dumptype definition to an in-line definition in the
disklist(5) file.
--includefile string
string is a glob expression
--includelist string
string is a file name on the client containing glob expressions.
Specify either --includefile or --includelist.
--excludefile string
string is a glob expression
--excludelist string
string is a file name on the client containing glob expressions.
Specify either --excludefile or --excludelist.
FILES
/var/lib/amanda/template.d
Amanda configuration template files install location
/var/lib/amanda
amandabackup home directory
/var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts
Amanda authentication file.
/var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists
A directory which contains backup timestamp and list of files
backed up.
/etc/amanda/$config
Amanda configuration files location for $config(e.g: DailySet1).
/etc/amanda/template.d
A directory contains dumptypes and tapetypes files used by all
Amanda configurations.
/etc/amandates
Amanda file on the client. It keeps track of structures of previous
dumps.
/tmp/amanda
directory contains Amanda debug log files.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, 1 is returned.
SEE ALSOamanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amserverconfig(8), ssh-keygen(1), ssh-
add(1), scp(1)
The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
AUTHOR
Kevin Till <kevin.till@zmanda.com>
Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)
Amanda 3.3.3 01/10/2013 AMADDCLIENT(8)
