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Performing administrative tasks on the backup server using (amadmin)

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Using amadmin command to perform administrative task on the backup server:
1. amadmin x version | grep CONFIG_DIR #show what is the amanda config directory


2. amadmin DailySet1 info "client_hostname" #display previous backups records for each of the disks on clent hostname


3. amadmin DailySet1 force "client_hostname" /boot #force full backup on /boot filesystem on client host when next amdump runs


4. amadmin DailySet1 due "client_hostname" #this shows when the next full backup is due for the client host


5. amadmin DailySet1 due find "client_hostname" /boot #this show all backups currently on tape or in the holding disk for file systems /boot for client host


6. amadmin DailySet1 tape #shows the tape to write to during the next run