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