NAME
amaddclient - program to add client to an existing Amanda configuration
SYNOPSIS
amaddclient --config config || --client clientname || --diskdev directorytobackup [--m] [--dumptype string] [--includefile string] [includelist string] [--exclude-file 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 file and create or update /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts file on the server and the client (using scp if permission allowed). amaddclient must be run by user amandabackup. Options --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 recommended.
- --diskdev diskdev
- Directory for this Amanda configuration to backup.
- --m
- Modify existing entry in the disklist file.
Note: if disklist 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 file. Default: [user-tar]
- --user username
- name of user running amrecover on the client. Default: root. To add a windows client, this should be set to amandaroot.
- --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 defintion in the disklist file. See amanda(8) DISKLIST FILE section for detail.
- --includefile string
- string is a glob expression
- --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.
SEE ALSO
amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amserverconfig(8)