.\" Title: amanda
.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 11/05/2009
+.\" Date: 06/02/2011
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.0
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMANDA" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMANDA" "8" "06/02/2011" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
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amanda \- The Open Source Backup Platform
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-This manual page gives an overview of the
-\fIAmanda\fR
-commands and configuration files for quick reference\&.
+This manual page gives an overview of the Amanda commands and configuration files for quick reference\&.
.SS "COMMANDS"
.PP
-Here are all the
-\fIAmanda\fR
-commands\&. Each one has its own manual page\&. See them for all the gory details\&.
+Here are all the Amanda commands\&. Each one has its own manual page\&. See them for all the gory details\&.
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBamcheck\fR(8),
+\fBamarchiver\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBamcheckdb\fR(8),
+\fBamcheck\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBamcheckdump\fR(8),
+\fBamcheckdb\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBamcleanup\fR(8),
+\fBamcheckdump\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBamcrypt-ossl-asym\fR(8),
+\fBamcleanup\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBamcrypt-ossl\fR(8),
+\fBamcrypt-ossl-asym\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBamcrypt\fR(8),
+\fBamcrypt-ossl\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBamcryptsimple\fR(8),
+\fBamcrypt\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBamdd\fR(8),
+\fBamcryptsimple\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBammt\fR(8),
+\fBamoverview\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
-\fBamoverview\fR(8),
+\fBampgsql\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
+\fBamraw\fR(8),
+.RE
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.ie n \{\
+\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.sp -1
+.IP \(bu 2.3
+.\}
\fBamrecover\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
+\fBamsuntar\fR(8),
+.RE
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.ie n \{\
+\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.sp -1
+.IP \(bu 2.3
+.\}
\fBamtape\fR(8),
.RE
.sp
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
+\fBamanda-compatibility\fR(7),
+.RE
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.ie n \{\
+\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.sp -1
+.IP \(bu 2.3
+.\}
\fBamanda-devices\fR(7),
.RE
.sp
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
+\fBamanda-interactivity\fR(7),
+.RE
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.ie n \{\
+\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.sp -1
+.IP \(bu 2.3
+.\}
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7),
+.RE
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.ie n \{\
+\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.sp -1
+.IP \(bu 2.3
+.\}
\fBamanda-scripts\fR(7),
.RE
-.SH "CONFIGURATION"
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.ie n \{\
+\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.sp -1
+.IP \(bu 2.3
+.\}
+\fBamanda-taperscan\fR(7),
+.RE
+.SH "CONFIGURATION FILES"
.PP
-There are four user\-editable files that control the behavior of
-\fIAmanda\fR\&.
+There are four user\-editable files that control the behavior of Amanda\&.
.PP
The first two are
\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)
and
-\fBamanda-client.conf\fR(5), the main configuration files for the server and client, respectively\&. They contain parameters to customize
-\fIAmanda\fR
-for the site\&.
+\fBamanda-client.conf\fR(5), the main configuration files for the server and client, respectively\&. They contain parameters to customize Amanda for the site\&.
.PP
Next is the
\fBdisklist\fR(5)
\fBtapelist\fR(5)
file, which lists tapes that are currently active\&. These files are described in more detail in the following sections\&.
.PP
-All files are stored in individual configuration directories, usually under
+All configuration files are stored in individual configuration directories, usually under
/etc/amanda/\&. A site will often have more than one configuration\&. For example, it might have a
\fInormal\fR
configuration for everyday backups and an
configuration for infrequent full archival backups\&. The configuration files would be stored under directories
/etc/amanda/normal/
and
-/etc/amanda/archive/, respectively\&. Part of the job of an
-\fIAmanda\fR
-administrator is to create, populate and maintain these directories\&.
-.SH "LOG FILES"
-.PP
-All log and database files generated by
-\fIAmanda\fR
-go in corresponding directories somewhere\&. The exact location is controlled by entries in
-\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)\&. A typical location would be under
-/var/adm/amanda\&. For the above example, the files might go in
-/var/adm/amanda/normal/
-and
-/var/adm/amanda/archive/\&.
-.PP
-As log files are no longer needed (no longer contain relevant information),
-\fIAmanda\fR
-cycles them out in various ways, depending on the type of file\&.
-.PP
-Detailed information about
-\fBamdump\fR
-runs are stored in dump logs \-\- files named
-\fBamdump\&.\fR\fINN\fR
-where
-\fINN\fR
-is a sequence number, with 1 being the most recent file\&.
-\fBAmdump\fR
-rotates these files each run, keeping roughly the last
-\fBtapecycle\fR
-(see below) worth of them\&.
-.PP
-The file used by
-\fBamreport\fR
-to generate the mail summary is the trace log\&. This file constitutes the "catalog" describing the data on the tapes written in a run\&. It is named
-\fBlog\&.\fR\fIYYYYMMDDHHMMSS\&.NN\fR
-where
-\fIYYYYMMDDHHMMSS\fR
-is the datestamp of the start of the
-\fBamdump\fR
-or
-\fBamflush\fR
-run and
-\fINN\fR
-is a sequence number started at 0\&. At the end of each
-\fBamdump\fR
-run, log files for runs whose tapes have been reused are renamed into a subdirectory of the main log directory (see the
-\fBlogdir\fR
-parameter below) named
-\fBoldlog\fR\&. It is up to the
-\fIAmanda\fR
-administrator to remove them from this directory when desired\&.
-.PP
-Index (backup image catalogue) files older than the full dump matching the oldest backup image for a given client and disk are removed by
-\fBamdump\fR
-at the end of each run\&.
-.SH "USING SAMBA"
-.PP
-For Samba access,
-\fIAmanda\fR
-needs a file on the Samba server (which may or may not also be the tape server) named
-/etc/amandapass
-with share names, (clear text) passwords and (optional) domain names, in that order, one per line, whitespace separated\&. By default, the user used to connect to the PC is the same for all PC\'s and is compiled into
-\fIAmanda\fR\&. It may be changed on a host by host basis by listing it first in the password field followed by a percent sign and then the password\&. For instance:
-.nf
- //some\-pc/home normalpw
- //another\-pc/disk otheruser%otherpw
-.fi
-.PP
-With clear text passwords, this file should obviously be tightly protected\&. It only needs to be readable by the
-\fIAmanda\fR\-user on the Samba server\&.
-.SH "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION"
-.PP
-All host and disk arguments to programs are special expressions\&. The command applies to all disks that match your arguments\&. This section describes the matcher\&.
-.PP
-The matcher matches by word, each word is a glob expression, words are separated by the separator \'\&.\' for host and \'/\' for disk\&. You can anchor the expression at left with a \'^\'\&. You can anchor the expression at right with a \'$\'\&. The matcher is case insensitive for host but is case sensitive for disk\&. A match succeeds if all words in your expression match contiguous words in the host or disk\&.
-.PP
-dot (\&.)
-.RS 4
-word separator for a host
-.RE
-.PP
-/
-.RS 4
-word separator for a disk
-.RE
-.PP
-^
-.RS 4
-anchor at left
-.RE
-.PP
-$
-.RS 4
-anchor at right
-.RE
-.PP
-?
-.RS 4
-match exactly one character except the separator
-.RE
-.PP
-*
-.RS 4
-match zero or more characters except the separator
-.RE
-.PP
-**
-.RS 4
-match zero or more characters including the separator
-.RE
-.PP
-Some examples:
-.PP
-hosta
-.RS 4
-Will match
-hosta,
-foo\&.hosta\&.org, and
-hoSTA\&.dOMAIna\&.ORG
-but not
-hostb\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-host
-.RS 4
-Will match
-host
-but not
-hosta\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-host?
-.RS 4
-Will match
-hosta
-and
-hostb, but not
-host\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-ho*na
-.RS 4
-Will match
-hoina
-but not
-ho\&.aina\&.org\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-ho**na
-.RS 4
-Will match
-hoina
-and
-ho\&.aina\&.org\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-^hosta
-.RS 4
-Will match
-hosta
-but not
-foo\&.hosta\&.org\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-sda*
-.RS 4
-Will match
-/dev/sda1
-and
-/dev/sda12\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-/opt
-.RS 4
-Will match the disk
-opt
-but not the host
-opt\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-(note dots:) \&.opt\&.
-.RS 4
-Will match the host
-opt
-but not the disk
-opt\&.
-.RE
+/etc/amanda/archive/, respectively\&. Part of the job of an Amanda administrator is to create, populate and maintain these directories\&.
.PP
-/
-.RS 4
-Will match the disk
-/
-but no other disk\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-/usr
-.RS 4
-Will match the disks
-/usr
-and
-/usr/local\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-/usr$
-.RS 4
-Will match the disks
-/usr
-but not
-/usr/local\&.
-.RE
-.SH "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION"
-.PP
-A
-\fIdatestamp\fR
-expression is a range expression where we only match the prefix\&. Leading ^ is removed\&. Trailing $ forces an exact match\&.
-.PP
-20001212\-14
-.RS 4
-match all dates beginning with 20001212, 20001213 or 20001214
-.RE
-.PP
-20001212\-4
-.RS 4
-same as previous
-.RE
-.PP
-20001212\-24
-.RS 4
-match all dates between 20001212 and 20001224
-.RE
-.PP
-2000121
-.RS 4
-match all dates that start with 2000121 (20001210\-20001219)
-.RE
-.PP
-2
-.RS 4
-match all dates that start with 2 (20000101\-29991231)
-.RE
-.PP
-2000\-10
-.RS 4
-match all dates between 20000101\-20101231
-.RE
-.PP
-200010$
-.RS 4
-match only 200010
-.RE
-.SH "DUMP SPECIFICATIONS"
-.PP
-A dump specification selects one or more dumps\&. It has the form
-\fI[host][:disk][@datestamp]\fR, where each component is a pattern as described above\&. If a component is missing, it is treated as a wildcard\&. The characters \':\', \'@\', and \'\e\' may be escaped within any component by preceding them with a \'\e\'\&.
-.PP
-Some examples:
-.PP
-client17
-.RS 4
-all dumps of client17
-.RE
-.PP
-@20080615
-.RS 4
-All dumps on with datestamps matching 20080615
-.RE
-.PP
-webserver:/var/www
-.RS 4
-All dumps of /var/www on host webserver
-.RE
-.PP
-webserver:/var/www@200806150317
-.RS 4
-The dump of webserver with datestamp 200806150317
-.RE
-.PP
-:/var/www
-.RS 4
-All dumps of /var/www on any host
-.RE
-.SH "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE"
+Most Amanda applications take a "config" parameter; this is generally the (unqualified) name of the configuration directory, e\&.g\&.,
+normal\&. If the parameter is
+\&.
+(dot), the current directory is used\&. This feature is present for backward compatibility, but is not commonly used\&.
+.SS "Configuration Override"
.PP
Most commands allow the override of specific configuration options on the command line, using the
\-o
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