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 ALSO
amanda(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)
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
-
- FILES
-
- RETURN VALUE
-
- SEE ALSO
-
- AUTHOR
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