amaddclient - program to add client to an existing Amanda configuration

KevinTill <kevin.till@zmanda.com>
           Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)

Amanda 3.5.4                                       01/25/2025                                     AMADDCLIENT(8)

       After Amanda rpms are successfully installed and amserverconfig is run, amaddclient will add client to
       the Amanda configuration.  amaddclient create or update Amanda disklist(5) file and create or update
       /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts file on the server.

       If --no-client-update is not specified, amaddclient will attempt to update or create
       /var/lib/amanda/.amandahost, amanda-client.conf and gnutar-lists on the client. (See ssh-keygen(1) and
       ssh-add(1) for detail.)

       amaddclient must be run by user backup.

       --config, --client and --diskdev must be specified.

/var/lib/amanda/template.d
           Amanda configuration template files install location

       /var/lib/amanda
           backup home directory

       /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts
           Amanda authentication file.

       /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists
           A directory which contains backup timestamp and list of files backed up.

       /etc/amanda/$config
           Amanda configuration files location for $config(e.g: DailySet1).

       /etc/amanda/template.d
           A directory contains dumptypes and tapetypes files used by all Amanda configurations.

       /etc/amandates
           Amanda file on the client. It keeps track of structures of previous dumps.

       /tmp/amanda
           directory contains Amanda debug log files.

       amaddclient - program to add client to an existing Amanda configuration

           Options may be abbreviated, as long as the abbreviation is not ambiguous. Option argument can either
           separated by '=' or a space.  Example: --conf=v253, --client client8.zmanda.com

       --configconfig
           Amanda configuration which this program will add the client to.

       --clientclient
           The name of the client machine to add. FQDN name recommended.

       --diskdevdiskdev
           Directory for this Amanda configuration to backup.

       --m
           Modify existing entry in the disklist(5) file.

           Note: if disklist(5) file has been modified manually, this option might not work.

       --dumptypedumptype
           dumptype to use. Dumptype must be defined in /etc/amanda/template.d/dumptypes or
           /etc/amanda/$config/amanda.conf file. Default: [user-tar]

       --userstring
           name of user using amrecover on the client, default is root.

       --authstring
           authentication method to use when running amrecover from the client , default is bsdtcp.

       --gnutar_list_dirstring
           directory where gnutar keep its state file on the client. Absolute path required. Default is
           /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists. If --no-client-update is not set, this program will attempt to create
           the directory on the client.

       --amandatesstring
           file where amanda keep the date of each dumplevel on the client, default is /etc/amandates.

       --batch
           Turn on batch mode when copying files to the client, default is off

       --no-client-update
           If this option is set, amaddclient will not attempt to update/create .amandahosts, amanda-client.conf
           and gnutar-lists file on the client.

       --help
           Display usage.

           If any of the following four options are used,  amaddclient will extend the dumptype definition to an
           in-line definition in the disklist(5) file.

       --includefilestring
           string is a glob expression

       --includeliststring
           string is a file name on the client containing glob expressions. Specify either --includefile or
           --includelist.

       --excludefilestring
           string is a glob expression

       --excludeliststring
           string is a file name on the client containing glob expressions. Specify either --excludefile or
           --excludelist.

       On success, zero is returned.  On error, 1 is returned.

amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amserverconfig(8), ssh-keygen(1), ssh-add(1), scp(1)

       The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

amaddclient --config config ||
                    --client clientname ||
                    --diskdev directorytobackup [--m] [--dumptype string] [--includefile string]
                   [--includelist string] [--excludefile string] [--excludelist string] [--user string]
                   [--auth string] [--gnutar_list_dir string] [--amandates string] [--no-client-update]
                   [--batch] [--help]