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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       •   amreindex(8),
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68       •   amreport(8),
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70       •   amrestore(8),
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72       •   amrmtape(8),
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74       •   amsamba(8),
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76       •   amserverconfig(8),
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78       •   amservice(8),
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80       •   amstar(8),
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82       •   amstatus(8),
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84       •   amsuntar(8),
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86       •   amtape(8),
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88       •   amtapetype(8),
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90       •   amtoc(8),
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92       •   amvault(8),
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94       •   amzfs-sendrecv(8),
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96       •   amzfs-snapshot(8),
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98       •   script-email(8),
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100   CONFIGURATION FILES
101       •   amanda.conf(5),
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103       •   amanda-client.conf(5),
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105       •   amanda-security.conf(5),
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107       •   disklist(5),
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109       •   tapelist(5),
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111   DATA FORMATS
112       •   amanda-archive-format(5),
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114       •   amanda-command-file(5),
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116   CONCEPTS
117       •   amanda-applications(7),
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119       •   amanda-auth(7),
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121       •   amanda-auth-ssl(7),
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123       •   amanda-changers(7),
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125       •   amanda-compatibility(7),
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127       •   amanda-devices(7),
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129       •   amanda-interactivity(7),
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131       •   amanda-match(7),
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133       •   amanda-scripts(7),
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135       •   amanda-taperscan(7),
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CONFIGURATION FILES

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

198       James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
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200       Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>
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204Amanda 3.5.4                      07/27/2023                         AMANDA(8)