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NAME

6       amanda - The Open Source Backup Platform
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DESCRIPTION

9       This manual page gives an overview of the Amanda commands and
10       configuration files for quick reference.
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12   COMMANDS
13       Here are all the Amanda commands. Each one has its own manual page. See
14       them for all the gory details.
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16       ·   amaddclient(8),
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18       ·   amadmin(8),
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20       ·   amaespipe(8),
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22       ·   amarchiver(8),
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24       ·   amcheck(8),
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26       ·   amcheckdb(8),
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28       ·   amcheckdump(8),
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30       ·   amcleanup(8),
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32       ·   amcrypt-ossl-asym(8),
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34       ·   amcrypt-ossl(8),
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36       ·   amcrypt(8),
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38       ·   amcryptsimple(8),
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40       ·   amdevcheck(8),
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42       ·   amdump(8),
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44       ·   amfetchdump(8),
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46       ·   amflush(8),
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48       ·   amgetconf(8),
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50       ·   amgpgcrypt(8),
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52       ·   amgtar(8),
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54       ·   amlabel(8),
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56       ·   amoverview(8),
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58       ·   ampgsql(8),
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60       ·   amplot(8),
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62       ·   amraw(8),
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64       ·   amrecover(8),
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66       ·   amreport(8),
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68       ·   amrestore(8),
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70       ·   amrmtape(8),
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72       ·   amsamba(8),
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74       ·   amserverconfig(8),
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76       ·   amservice(8),
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78       ·   amstar(8),
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80       ·   amstatus(8),
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82       ·   amsuntar(8),
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84       ·   amtape(8),
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86       ·   amtapetype(8),
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88       ·   amtoc(8),
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90       ·   amvault(8),
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92       ·   amzfs-sendrecv(8),
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94       ·   amzfs-snapshot(8),
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96       ·   script-email(8),
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98   CONFIGURATION FILES
99       ·   amanda.conf(5),
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101       ·   amanda-client.conf(5),
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103       ·   disklist(5),
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105       ·   tapelist(5),
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107   DATA FORMATS
108       ·   amanda-archive-format(5),
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110   CONCEPTS
111       ·   amanda-applications(7),
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113       ·   amanda-auth(7),
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115       ·   amanda-changers(7),
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117       ·   amanda-compatibility(7),
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119       ·   amanda-devices(7),
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121       ·   amanda-interactivity(7),
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123       ·   amanda-match(7),
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125       ·   amanda-scripts(7),
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127       ·   amanda-taperscan(7),
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CONFIGURATION FILES

130       There are four user-editable files that control the behavior of Amanda.
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132       The first two are amanda.conf(5) and amanda-client.conf(5), the main
133       configuration files for the server and client, respectively. They
134       contain parameters to customize Amanda for the site.
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136       Next is the disklist(5) file, which lists hosts and disk partitions to
137       back up.
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139       Last is the seldom-edited tapelist(5) file, which lists tapes that are
140       currently active. These files are described in more detail in the
141       following sections.
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143       All configuration files are stored in individual configuration
144       directories, usually under /etc/amanda/. A site will often have more
145       than one configuration. For example, it might have a normal
146       configuration for everyday backups and an archive configuration for
147       infrequent full archival backups. The configuration files would be
148       stored under directories /etc/amanda/normal/ and /etc/amanda/archive/,
149       respectively. Part of the job of an Amanda administrator is to create,
150       populate and maintain these directories.
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152       Most Amanda applications take a "config" parameter; this is generally
153       the (unqualified) name of the configuration directory, e.g., normal. If
154       the parameter is .  (dot), the current directory is used. This feature
155       is present for backward compatibility, but is not commonly used.
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157   Configuration Override
158       Most commands allow the override of specific configuration options on
159       the command line, using the -o option. This option has the form
160       -oname=value. An optional space is allowed after the -o. Each
161       configuration option should be specified in a separate command-line
162       option.
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164       For global options, name is simply the name of the option, e.g.,
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166       amdump -oruntapes=2
167       For options in a named section of the configuration, name has the form
168       SECTION:section_name:name, where SECTION is one of TAPETYPE, DUMPTYPE,
169       HOLDINGDISK, or INTERFACE, and section_name is the name of the
170       tapetype, dumptype, holdingdisk, or interface. Examples:
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172       amdump -o TAPETYPE:HP-DAT:length=2000m
173       amdump -o DUMPTYPE:no-compress:compress="server fast"
174       amdump -o HOLDINGDISK:hd1:use="-100 mb"
175       amdump -o INTERFACE:local:use="2000 kbps"
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177       When overriding device properties, one must carefully quote the command
178       line to simulate the syntax of real configuration files. The following
179       example should serve as a guide:
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181       amdump -o 'device-property="PROPERTY_MAX_VOLUME_USAGE" "100000"'
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183       Note that configuration overrides are not effective for tape changers,
184       which supply a tapedev based on their own configuration. In order to
185       override tapedev, you must also disable any changer:
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187       amdump -otapedev=/dev/nst1 -otpchanger=''
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AUTHORS

190       James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
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192       Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>
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196Amanda 3.3.3                      01/10/2013                         AMANDA(8)