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.TH "AMSERVERCONFIG" "8" "05/14/2008" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
amserverconfig - program to setup initial Amanda configuration
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 15
\fBamserverconfig\fR \fIconfig\fR [\-\-template\ \fItemplate\fR] [\-\-no\-vtape] [\-\-tapetype\ \fItapetype\fR] [\-\-tpchanger\ \fItpchanger\fR] [\-\-tapedev\ \fItapedev\fR] [\-\-changerfile\ \fIchangerfile\fR] [\-\-changerdev\ \fIchangerdev\fR] [\-\-labelstr\ \fIlabelstr\fR] [\-\-mailto\ \fImailto\fR] [\-\-dumpcycle\ \fIdumpcycle\fR] [\-\-runspercycle\ \fIrunspercycle\fR] [\-\-runtapes\ \fIruntapes\fR] [\-\-tapecycle\ \fItapecycle\fR] [\-\-help]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
After Amanda rpms are successfully installed,
\fBamserverconfig\fR
will setup initial
\fIAmanda\fR
configuration files\. It will create /var/lib/amanda/guntar\-lists directory if one does not exist\.
\fBamserverconfig\fR
does not change existing
\fIAmanda\fR
configurations\.
\fBamserverconfig\fR
must be run by user amandabackup\.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
Options may be abbreviated, as long as the abbreviation is not ambiguous\. Option argument can either separated by \'=\' or a space\. Example: \-\-templ=harddisk \-\-tapedev /dev/nst0
.PP

\fBamserverconfig\fR
builds a new "config"
\fIAmanda\fR
configuration\. Customize the configuration with the options below\.
.PP
\fB\-\-template template\fR
.RS 4
build
\fIAmanda\fR
configuration with pre\-configured template files\. Currently,
\fBharddisk\fR,
\fBsingle\-tape\fR,
\fBtape\-changer\fR
and
\fBS3\fR
are the valid inputs for this option\. Pre\-configured template files can be found in /var/lib/amanda/template\.d\. This option may be combined with other options\.
.sp
If tape\-changer is chosen for this option, program mtx is required\.
\fBamserverconfig\fR
will search for mtx in the following directory: "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/bin", "/bin" and amandabackup\'s PATH\.
.sp
If harddisk is chosen and \-\-no\-vtape is not specified,
\fBamserverconfig\fR
will create and label virtual tape file://var/lib/amanda/vtapes/$config\.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-no\-vtape\fR
.RS 4
Do not create virtual tapes in the harddisk template case\.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-tapedev tapedev\fR
.RS 4
The path name of non\-rewinding tape device\. default [file://var/lib/amanda/vtapes/$config]
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-tpchanger tpchanger\fR
.RS 4
The name of the tape changer\. default [chg\-disk]
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-changerdev changerdev\fR
.RS 4
A tape changer configuration parameter\. default [/dev/null]
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-changerfile changerfile\fR
.RS 4
A tape changer configuration parameter\. default [/etc/amanda/$config/changer\.conf]
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-labelstr labelstr\fR
.RS 4
The tape label constraint regular expression\. default [^$config\-[0\-9][0\-9]*$]
.sp
If this option is used with \-\-template=harddisk, only alphanumeric string is supported\.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-tapetype tapetype\fR
.RS 4
The type of tape drive associated with tapedev or tpchanger\. default [HARDDISK]
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-mailto mailto\fR
.RS 4
A space separated list of recipients for mail reports\. default [amandabackup]
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-dumpcycle dumpcycle\fR
.RS 4
The number of days in the backup cycle\. default [1week]
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-runspercycle runspercycle\fR
.RS 4
The number of days in the backup cycle\. default [5]
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-runtapes runtapes\fR
.RS 4
The maximum number of tapes used in a single run\. default [1]
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-tapecycle tapecycle\fR
.RS 4
The size of tape rotation\. default [25]
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Display usage\.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
\fB/var/lib/amanda/template\.d\fR
.RS 4
Amanda configuration template files install location
.RE
.PP
\fB/var/lib/amanda\fR
.RS 4
amandabackup home directory
.RE
.PP
\fB/var/lib/amanda/gnutar\-lists\fR
.RS 4
A directory which contains backup timestamp and list of files backed up\.
.RE
.PP
\fB/etc/amanda/$config\fR
.RS 4
\fIAmanda\fR
configuration files location for $config(e\.g: DailySet1)\.
.RE
.PP
\fB/etc/amanda/template\.d\fR
.RS 4
A directory contains dumptypes and tapetypes files used by all
\fIAmanda\fR
configurations\.
.RE
.PP
\fB/etc/amandates\fR
.RS 4
\fIAmanda\fR
file on the client\. It keeps track of structures of previous dumps\.
.RE
.PP
\fB/tmp/amanda\fR
.RS 4
directory contains
\fIAmanda\fR
debug log files\.
.RE
.SH "RETURN VALUE"

On success, zero is returned\.  On error, 1 is returned\.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The tool and its documentation was written by Zmanda, Inc (http://www\.zmanda\.com/)\.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBamanda\fR(8),
\fBamanda.conf\fR(5),
\fBamaddclient\fR(8),
\fI\%http://wiki.zmanda.com\fR