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6 .\" Manual: System Administration Commands
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10 .TH "AMADDCLIENT" "8" "12/14/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.1" "System Administration Commands"
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22 amaddclient \- program to add client to an existing Amanda configuration
24 .HP \w'\fBamaddclient\fR\ 'u
25 \fBamaddclient\fR \-\-config \fIconfig\fR ||
26 \-\-client \fIclient\ name\fR ||
27 \-\-diskdev \fIdirectory\ to\ backup\fR [\-\-m] [\-\-dumptype\ \fIstring\fR] [\-\-includefile\ \fIstring\fR] [\-\-includelist\ \fIstring\fR] [\-\-excludefile\ \fIstring\fR] [\-\-excludelist\ \fIstring\fR] [\-\-user\ \fIstring\fR] [\-\-auth\ \fIstring\fR] [\-\-gnutar_list_dir\ \fIstring\fR] [\-\-amandates\ \fIstring\fR] [\-\-no\-client\-update] [\-\-batch] [\-\-help]
30 After Amanda rpms are successfully installed and
34 will add client to the Amanda configuration\&.
36 create or update Amanda
38 file and create or update /var/lib/amanda/\&.amandahosts file on the server\&.
40 If \-\-no\-client\-update is not specified,
42 will attempt to update or create /var/lib/amanda/\&.amandahost, amanda\-client\&.conf and gnutar\-lists on the client\&. (See
50 must be run by user amandabackup\&.
52 \-\-config, \-\-client and \-\-diskdev must be specified\&.
57 Options may be abbreviated, as long as the abbreviation is not ambiguous\&. Option argument can either separated by \'=\' or a space\&.
58 Example: \-\-conf=v253, \-\-client client8\&.zmanda\&.com
61 \fB\-\-config config\fR
63 Amanda configuration which this program will add the client to\&.
66 \fB\-\-client client\fR
68 The name of the client machine to add\&. FQDN name recommended\&.
71 \fB\-\-diskdev diskdev\fR
73 Directory for this Amanda configuration to backup\&.
78 Modify existing entry in the
84 file has been modified manually, this option might not work\&.
87 \fB\-\-dumptype dumptype\fR
89 dumptype to use\&. Dumptype must be defined in /etc/amanda/template\&.d/dumptypes or /etc/amanda/$config/amanda\&.conf file\&. Default: [user\-tar]
96 on the client, default is root\&.
101 authentication method to use when running
103 from the client , default is bsdtcp\&.
106 \fB\-\-gnutar_list_dir string\fR
108 directory where gnutar keep its state file on the client\&. Absolute path required\&. Default is /var/lib/amanda/gnutar\-lists\&. If \-\-no\-client\-update is not set, this program will attempt to create the directory on the client\&.
111 \fB\-\-amandates string\fR
113 file where amanda keep the date of each dumplevel on the client, default is /etc/amandates\&.
118 Turn on batch mode when copying files to the client, default is off
121 \fB\-\-no\-client\-update\fR
123 If this option is set,
125 will not attempt to update/create \&.amandahosts, amanda\-client\&.conf and gnutar\-lists file on the client\&.
135 If any of the following four options are used, \fBamaddclient\fR will extend the dumptype definition to an in\-line definition in the \fBdisklist\fR(5) file\&.
138 \fB\-\-includefile string\fR
140 string is a glob expression
143 \fB\-\-includelist string\fR
145 string is a file name on the client containing glob expressions\&. Specify either \-\-includefile or \-\-includelist\&.
148 \fB\-\-excludefile string\fR
150 string is a glob expression
153 \fB\-\-excludelist string\fR
155 string is a file name on the client containing glob expressions\&. Specify either \-\-excludefile or \-\-excludelist\&.
159 \fB/var/lib/amanda/template\&.d\fR
161 Amanda configuration template files install location
164 \fB/var/lib/amanda\fR
166 amandabackup home directory
169 \fB/var/lib/amanda/\&.amandahosts\fR
171 Amanda authentication file\&.
174 \fB/var/lib/amanda/gnutar\-lists\fR
176 A directory which contains backup timestamp and list of files backed up\&.
179 \fB/etc/amanda/$config\fR
181 Amanda configuration files location for $config(e\&.g: DailySet1)\&.
184 \fB/etc/amanda/template\&.d\fR
186 A directory contains dumptypes and tapetypes files used by all Amanda configurations\&.
191 Amanda file on the client\&. It keeps track of structures of previous dumps\&.
196 directory contains Amanda debug log files\&.
200 On success, zero is returned\&. On error, 1 is returned\&.
204 \fBamanda.conf\fR(5),
205 \fBamserverconfig\fR(8),
211 : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
214 \fBKevin Till\fR <\&kevin\&.till@zmanda\&.com\&>
216 Zmanda, Inc\&. (http://www\&.zmanda\&.com)