NAME
amaddclient - program to add client to an existing Amanda configuration
SYNOPSIS
amaddclient --config config || --client clientname || --diskdev directorytobackup [--dumptypestring] [--includefilestring] [includeliststring] [--exclude-filestring] [--excludeliststring] [--help]
DESCRIPTION
After Amanda Entreprise Edition rpm is 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 name recommended.
- --diskdev diskdev
- Directory for this Amanda configuration to backup.
- --dumptype dumptype
- dumptype to use. Dumptype must be defined in /etc/amanda/template.d/dumptypes file. Default: [user-tar]
- --help
- Display usage.
If any of the following four options is 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 Entreprise Edition rpm 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)