Amaddclient
SYNOPSIS
amaddclient --config config || --client clientname || --diskdev directorytobackup [--m] [--dumptypestring] [--includefilestring] [includeliststring] [--exclude-filestring] [--excludeliststring] [--user ] [--help]
DESCRIPTION
After Amanda 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 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]
- --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.
- --user username
- name of user running amrecover on the client. Default: root. To add a windows client, this should be set to amandaroot.
Example for amaddclient
To backup /home/admin of client iron.zmznda.com for Backup Set DailySet1 using comp-user-tar run the following command
on amanda server.
amaddclient --config DailySet1 --client iron.zmanda.com --diskdev /home/admin --dumptype comp-user-tar