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<refentry id='amaddclient.8'>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>amaddclient</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
&rmi.source;
&rmi.version;
&rmi.manual.8;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>amaddclient</refname>
<refpurpose>program to add client to an existing Amanda configuration</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refentryinfo>
&author.ktill;
</refentryinfo>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>amaddclient</command>
<arg choice='plain'>--config </arg>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>config</replaceable></arg> ||
<arg choice='plain'>--client </arg><arg
choice='plain'><replaceable>client name</replaceable></arg> ||
<arg choice='plain'>--diskdev </arg><arg
choice='plain'><replaceable>directory to backup</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--m </arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--dumptype <replaceable>string</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--includefile <replaceable>string</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--includelist <replaceable>string</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--excludefile <replaceable>string</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--excludelist <replaceable>string</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--user <replaceable>string</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--auth <replaceable>string</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--gnutar_list_dir <replaceable>string</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--amandates <replaceable>string</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--no-client-update </arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--batch </arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--help </arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>After Amanda rpms are successfully installed and
&amserverconfig; is run,
&amaddclient; will add client to the Amanda configuration.
&amaddclient; create or update Amanda &disklist;
file and create or update
/var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts file on the server.</para>
<para> 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 <refentrytitle>ssh-keygen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> and
<refentrytitle>ssh-add</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> for detail.)</para>
<para>
&amaddclient; must be run by user amandabackup.</para>
<para> --config, --client and --diskdev must be specified.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Options</title>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
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
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--config config</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Amanda configuration which this program will add the client to. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--client client</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The name of the client machine to add. FQDN name recommended. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--diskdev diskdev</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Directory for this Amanda configuration to backup.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--m</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Modify existing entry in the &disklist; file.</para>
<para>Note: if &disklist; file has been modified manually, this option might not work.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--dumptype dumptype</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>dumptype to use. Dumptype must be defined in
/etc/amanda/template.d/dumptypes or /etc/amanda/$config/amanda.conf file. Default: [user-tar]</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--user string</option></term>
<listitem>
<para> name of user using &amrecover; on the client, default is root.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--auth string</option></term>
<listitem>
<para> authentication method to use when running &amrecover; from the client , default is bsdtcp.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--gnutar_list_dir string</option></term>
<listitem>
<para> 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. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--amandates string</option></term>
<listitem>
<para> file where amanda keep the date of each dumplevel on the client, default is /etc/amandates.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--batch</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Turn on batch mode when copying files to the client, default is off</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-client-update</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>If this option is set, &amaddclient; will not attempt to update/create
.amandahosts, amanda-client.conf and gnutar-lists file on the client.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display usage. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
If any of the following four options are used, &amaddclient; will extend the dumptype definition to an in-line definition in the &disklist; file.
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--includefile string</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>string is a glob expression </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--includelist string</option></term>
<listitem>
<para> string is a file name on the client containing glob expressions.
Specify either --includefile or --includelist. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--excludefile string</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>string is a glob expression </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--excludelist string</option></term>
<listitem>
<para> string is a file name on the client containing glob expressions.
Specify either --excludefile or --excludelist. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Files</title>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>/var/lib/amanda/template.d</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Amanda configuration template files install location</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>/var/lib/amanda</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>amandabackup home directory</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>/var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Amanda authentication file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>/var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>A directory which contains backup timestamp and list of files backed up.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>/etc/amanda/$config</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Amanda configuration files location for $config(e.g: DailySet1).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>/etc/amanda/template.d</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>A directory contains dumptypes and tapetypes files used by all Amanda configurations.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>/etc/amandates</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Amanda file on the client. It keeps track of structures of previous dumps.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>/tmp/amanda</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>directory contains Amanda debug log files.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>RETURN VALUE</title>
On success, zero is returned. On error, 1 is returned.
</refsect1>
<seealso>
<manref name="amanda.conf" vol="5"/>,
<manref name="amserverconfig" vol="8"/>,
<manref name="ssh-keygen" vol="1"/>,
<manref name="ssh-add" vol="1"/>,
<manref name="scp" vol="1"/>
</seealso>
</refentry>