AMADDCLIENT(8)						  System Administration Commands					    AMADDCLIENT(8)

NAME

       amaddclient - program to add client to an existing Amanda configuration

SYNOPSIS

       amaddclient --config config ||
		    --client client name ||
		    --diskdev directory to backup [--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]

DESCRIPTION

       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 amandabackup.

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

OPTIONS

	   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

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

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

       --diskdev diskdev
	   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.

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

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

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

       --gnutar_list_dir string
	   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.

       --amandates string
	   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.

       --includefile string
	   string is a glob expression

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

       --excludefile string
	   string is a glob expression

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

FILES

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

       /var/lib/amanda
	   amandabackup 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.

RETURN VALUE

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

SEE ALSO

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

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

AUTHOR

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

Amanda 3.3.1							    02/21/2012							    AMADDCLIENT(8)