1AMSERVERCONFIG(8) System Administration Commands AMSERVERCONFIG(8)
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6 amserverconfig - program to setup initial Amanda configuration
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9 amserverconfig config [--template template] [--no-vtape]
10 [--tapetype tapetype] [--tpchanger tpchanger]
11 [--tapedev tapedev] [--changerfile changerfile]
12 [--changerdev changerdev] [--labelstr labelstr]
13 [--mailto mailto] [--dumpcycle dumpcycle]
14 [--runspercycle runspercycle] [--runtapes runtapes]
15 [--tapecycle tapecycle] [--help]
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18 After Amanda rpms are successfully installed, amserverconfig will setup
19 initial Amanda configuration files. It will create
20 /var/lib/amanda/guntar-lists directory if one does not exist.
21 amserverconfig does not change existing Amanda configurations.
22 amserverconfig must be run by user amandabackup.
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25 Options may be abbreviated, as long as the abbreviation is not
26 ambiguous. Option argument can either separated by ´=´ or a space.
27 Example: --templ=harddisk --tapedev /dev/nst0
28 amserverconfig builds a new "config" Amanda configuration. Customize
30 the configuration with the options below.
31 --template template
33 build Amanda configuration with pre-configured template files.
34 Currently, harddisk, single-tape, tape-changer and S3 are the valid
35 inputs for this option. Pre-configured template files can be found
36 in /var/lib/amanda/template.d. This option may be combined with
37 other options.
38 If tape-changer is chosen for this option, program mtx is required.
40 amserverconfig will search for mtx in the following directory:
41 "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/bin",
42 "/bin" and amandabackup´s PATH.
43 If harddisk is chosen and --no-vtape is not specified,
45 amserverconfig will create and label virtual tape
46 file://var/lib/amanda/vtapes/$config.
47 --no-vtape
49 Do not create virtual tapes in the harddisk template case.
50 --tapedev tapedev
52 The path name of non-rewinding tape device. default
53 [file://var/lib/amanda/vtapes/$config]
54 --tpchanger tpchanger
56 The name of the tape changer. default [chg-disk]
57 --changerdev changerdev
59 A tape changer configuration parameter. default [/dev/null]
60 --changerfile changerfile
62 A tape changer configuration parameter. default
63 [/etc/amanda/$config/changer.conf]
64 --labelstr labelstr
66 The tape label constraint regular expression. default
67 [^$config-[0-9][0-9]*$]
68 If this option is used with --template=harddisk, only alphanumeric
70 string is supported.
71 --tapetype tapetype
73 The type of tape drive associated with tapedev or tpchanger.
74 default [HARDDISK]
75 --mailto mailto
77 A space separated list of recipients for mail reports. default
78 [amandabackup]
79 --dumpcycle dumpcycle
81 The number of days in the backup cycle. default [1week]
82 --runspercycle runspercycle
84 The number of days in the backup cycle. default [5]
85 --runtapes runtapes
87 The maximum number of tapes used in a single run. default [1]
88 --tapecycle tapecycle
90 The size of tape rotation. default [25]
91 --help
93 Display usage.
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96 /var/lib/amanda/template.d
97 Amanda configuration template files install location
98 /var/lib/amanda
100 amandabackup home directory
101 /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists
103 A directory which contains backup timestamp and list of files
104 backed up.
105 /etc/amanda/$config
107 Amanda configuration files location for $config(e.g: DailySet1).
108 /etc/amanda/template.d
110 A directory contains dumptypes and tapetypes files used by all
111 Amanda configurations.
112 /etc/amandates
114 Amanda file on the client. It keeps track of structures of previous
115 dumps.
116 /tmp/amanda
118 directory contains Amanda debug log files.
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121 On success, zero is returned. On error, 1 is returned.
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124 amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amaddclient(8)
125 The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
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129 Kevin Till <kevin.till@zmanda.com>
130 Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)
131Amanda 3.1.3 10/04/2010 AMSERVERCONFIG(8)