1AMSERVICE(8) System Administration Commands AMSERVICE(8)
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6 amservice - run an amanda service on a client
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9 amservice [-f input_file [-s]] [--config CONFIG]
10 [--features FEATURES-STRING] [--stream NAME,IN,OUT]*
11 [-o configoption...] hostname auth service
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14 Amservice execute an Amanda service on a client. It can be used without
15 amanda server configuration (amanda.conf and disklist). It can be used
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19 See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
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22 hostname
23 The hostname of the client.
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26 The auth to use, one of: bsd, bsdudp, bsdtcp, ssh, rsh or krb5. The
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30 The amanda service to execute on the client. One of noop, selfcheck
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34 Use the file input_file instead of stdin to read the REQ packet
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38 Redirect the first connected stream to stdin/stdout. The -f
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43 The amanda configuration.
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45 --features FEATURES-STRING
46 The features of the remote client.
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49 The vstream to open, their name and the two file descriptors.
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52 See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in amanda(8).
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55 The noop service is easy to execute because it does not require a REQ
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57 amservice hostname bsdtcp noop < /dev/null
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59 The example executes the noop service on the client using bsdtcp auth.
60 This is useful for debugging connection problems. It print an OPTIONS
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78 amanda(8), amanda(8), amcheck(8), amdump(8), amadmin(8)
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80 The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
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83 Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com>
84 Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)
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88Amanda 3.5.1 12/01/2017 AMSERVICE(8)