Amserverconfig

SYNOPSIS

amserverconfig config [--template template] [--tapetype tapetype] [--tpchanger tpchanger] [--tapedev tapedev] [--changer-file changerfile] [--changerdev changerdev] [--labelstr labelstr] [--mailto mailto] [--dumpcycle dumpcycle] [--runspercycle runspercycle] [--runtapes runtapes] [--tapecycle tapecycle] [--help]

DESCRIPTION

After Amanda rpm is successfully installed, amserverconfig will setup initial Amanda configuration files. It will create /var/lib/amanda/guntar-lists directory if one does not exist. amserverconfig does not change existing Amanda configurations. amserverconfig must be run by user amandabackup.

OPTIONS

Options may be abbreviated, as long as the abbreviation is not ambiguous. Option argument can either separated by ’=’ or a space.

 Example:  --templ=harddisk 

amserverconfig creates a backup set. Customize the configuration with the options below.

--template template

build Amanda configuration with pre-configured template files. Currently, harddisk, single-tape and tape-changer are the valid inputs for this option. Pre-configured template files can be found in /var/lib/amanda/template.d. If this option is used, other options supplied will be ignored.

If tape-changer is chosen for this option, program mtx is required. amserverconfig will search for mtx in the following directory: "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/bin", "/bin" and amandabackup's PATH.

--tapedev tapedev

The path name of non-rewinding tape device. Default [file://var/lib/amanda/vtapes/$config]

If --template=harddisk is chosen, amserverconfig will create and label virtual tape file://var/lib/amanda/vtapes/$config.

--tpchanger tpchanger

The name of the tape changer. The default is "chg-disk" for vtape. If you are using real tape changer use "chg-zd-mtx".

--changerdev changerdev

A tape changer configuration parameter. default [/dev/null]

--changerfile changerfile

A tape changer configuration parameter. default [/etc/amanda/$config/changer.conf]

--labelstr labelstr

The tape label constraint regular expression. default [^$config-[0-9][0-9]*$].

If this option is used with --template=harddisk, only alphanumeric string is supported.

--tapetype tapetype

The type of tape drive associated with tapedev or tpchanger. default [HARDDISK]

--mailto mailto

A space separated list of recipients for mail reports. default [amandabackup]

--dumpcycle dumpcycle

The number of days in the backup cycle. default [1week]

--runspercycle runspercycle

The number of days in the backup cycle. default [5]

--runtapes runtapes

The maximum number of tapes used in a single run. default [1]

--tapecycle tapecycle

The size of tape rotation. default [25]

--help

Display usage.

Examples for amserverconfig

For Single tape drive configuration

Configuration Information:

1. Single DLT tape drive (Device Name: /dev/nst0)

2. 6 DLT tapes

3. Using dumptype "comp-user-tar" compressed backups :

Use the amservercofig script to create Single Tape Drive Configuration

amserverconfig SingleDrive --template single-tape --tapedev /dev/nst0 --mailto [email protected] 
--dumpcycle 1week --runspercycle 5 --tapecycle 6

For Tape Library Configuration

1. Use the amservercofig script to create a Tape Changer Configuration

amserverconfig  DailyBackup --template tape-changer

For Vtape Configuration

As user root:

1.Create holding disk and vtape directory:

[root@quartz ~]# mkdir -p /data/amanda/hold
[root@quartz ~]# mkdir -p /data/amanda/vtape/DailySet1
[root@quartz ~]# chown -R amandabackup:disk /data/amanda/hold
[root@quartz ~]# chown -R amandabackup:disk /data/amanda/vtape/DailySet1
[root@quartz ~]# chmod -R 750 /data/amanda/hold
[root@quartz ~]# chmod -R 750 /data/amanda/vtape/DailySet1

As user amandabackup run amserverconfig to create a vtape configuration:

amserverconfig DailySet1 --template harddisk --tapedev /data/amanda/vtape/DailySet1 --mailto admin@localhost 
--runtapes 25

SEE ALSO

amaddclient(8), amverify(8)