Section 8: administration and privileged commands
amstatus – display the state of an Amanda run Synopsis amstatus [–file amdumpfile] [–summary] [–dumping] [–waitdumping] [–waittaper] [–dumpingtape] [–writingtape] [–finished] [–failed] [–estimate] [–gestimate] [–stats] [–locale-independent-date-format] [–config] config Description Amstatus gives the current state of the Amanda run specified by the config configuration. If there is no active Amanda running, it summarizes the result of the last…
amstar – Amanda Application to interface with star Description Amstar is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses star to backup and restore data. The diskdevice in the disklist (DLE) must be the directory to backup. Include – Exclude amstar doesn’t support include. Both ‘exclude list’ and…
amservice – run an amanda service on a client Synopsis amservice [-f input_file [-s]] [-o configoption…] hostname auth service Description Amservice execute an Amanda service on a client. It can be used without amanda server configuration (amanda.conf and disklist). It can be used to check communication between a server and a client. Amservice reads stdin to capture the…
amserverconfig – program to setup initial Amanda configuration Synopsis amserverconfig config [–template template] [–no-vtape] [–tapetype tapetype] [–tpchanger tpchanger] [–tapedev tapedev] [–changerfile changerfile] [–changerdev changerdev] [–labelstr labelstr] [–mailto mailto] [–dumpcycle dumpcycle] [–runspercycle runspercycle] [–runtapes runtapes] [–tapecycle tapecycle] [–help] Description After Amanda rpms are successfully installed, amserverconfig will setup initial Amanda configuration files. It will create /var/lib/amanda/guntar-lists directory if one does not exist. amserverconfig does not change existing Amanda…
amsamba – Amanda Application to interface with smbclient Description Amsamba is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses smbclient to backup and restore data. The diskdevice in the disklist (DLE) must have the form ‘//CIFSHOST/SHARE/SUBDIR’ where CIFSHOST is the CIFS host containing the data to be backed…
amrmtape – remove a tape from the Amanda database Synopsis amrmtape [–changer changer-name] [–cleanup] [–dryrun] [-n] [–erase] [–keep-label] [–quiet] [-q] [–verbose] [-v] config label Description Amrmtape invalidates the contents of an existing backup tape in the configuration database. This is meant as a recovery mechanism when a good backup is damaged either by faulty hardware or…
amrestore – low-level data-extraction from Amanda volumes Synopsis amrestore [–config config] [-r | -c | -C] [-b blocksize] [-f filenum] [-l label] [-p] [-h] [–exact-match] [-o configoption…] [{changerspec} | {[–holding] holdingfile}] [hostname [ diskname [ datestamp [ hostname [ diskname [ datestamp … ] ] ] ] ]] Note that this is the only Amanda command which does not take a configuration name as its first argument. Description Amrestore is a very low-level tool for extracting data…
amreport – generate a formatted output of statistics for an Amanda run Synopsis amreport [-o configoption…] [(1) command-line options | (2) script options] [config] (1) [–log=logfile] [–ps=filename] [–text=filename] [–xml=filename] [–print=printer] [–mail-text=recipient] (2) [-i] [-M address] [-l logfile] [-f outputfile] [-p postscriptfile] [–from-amdump] Description Amreport generates a summary report of an Amanda backup run. See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda. Options…
amrecover – Amanda index database browser Synopsis amrecover [-s index-server] [-t tape-server] [-d tape-device] [-h hostname] [-o configoption…] [-C config] Description Amrecover browses the database of Amanda index files to determine which tapes contain files to recover. Furthermore, it is able to recover files. In order to restore files in place, you must invoke amrecover from the root of the backed…
amraw – Amanda Application open and read data Description Amraw is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses dd to backup and restore data. Amraw can backup only one directory entry, it can be a single file, a raw device, anything that amanda can open and read….
amq – automounter query tool Synopsis amq [ -fimpqsvwHTU ] [ -h hostname ] [ -l log_file ] [ -x log_options ] [ -D debug_options ] [ -P program_number ] [[ -u ] directory … ] Description Amq provides a simple way of determining the current state of amd program. Communication is by RPC. Three…
amplot – visualize the behavior of Amanda Synopsis amplot [-b] [-c] [-e] [-g] [-l] [-p] [-t T] amdump_files Description Amplot reads an amdump output file that Amanda generates each run (e.g. amdump.1) and translates the information into a picture format that may be used to determine how your installation is doing and if any parameters need…
ampgsql – Amanda Application to interface with PostgreSQL Description Ampgsql is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It implements on-line backups of PostgreSQL databases in conjunction with WAL archiving. Note Tablespaces are not currently supported. Note On versions of PostgreSQL earlier than 8.2, if the database is quiet…
amoverview – display file systems processed by Amanda over time Synopsis amoverview [–hostwidth width] [–diskwidth width] [–skipmissed] [–last] [–num0] [–togo0] [–verbose] [–config ] config Description Amoverview displays a chart showing hosts and file systems processed by Amanda along with the backup level performed each day. See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda. Options –config config Use…
amorad – Amora (A Remote Mobile Assistant) daemon Synopsis amorad [options] Description Amora is an application that enables you to control your PC desktop using a cellphone. It uses bluetooth to send mouse and keyboard events to the graphical session. With it you can control your slides in OpenOffice.org, movies or any other application. Amora…
ammt – Amanda version of mt Synopsis ammt [-d] [-f | -t | device] command [count] Description Ammt provides just enough of the standard UNIX mt command for the needs of Amanda. This is handy when doing a full restore and the standard mt program has not yet been found. Ammt also provides access to…
amlabel – label an Amanda tape Synopsis amlabel [–barcode barcode] [–meta meta-label] [–assign] [-f] [–version] [-o configoption…] config [label] [slot slot] Description This command applies a label to an Amanda volume, erasing the volume in the process. Amanda uses labels to identify volumes: amdump(8) and amflush(8) verify the label before writing to make sure the proper volume is loaded,…
amgtar – Amanda Application to interface with GNU Tar Description Amgtar is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses GNU Tar to backup and restore data. The diskdevice in the disklist (DLE) must be the directory to backup. Properties This section lists the properties that control amgtar’s…
amgpgcrypt – reference crypt program for Amanda public-key data encryption Synopsis amgpgcrypt to be called by Amanda only Description amgpgcrypt calls gpg to perform public-key data encryption on Amanda backup. amgpgcrypt will search for the gpg program in the following directories: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin amgpgcrypt sets GNUPGHOME to $AMANDA_HOME/.gnupg where gpg will look for the gpg keys….
amgetconf – look up configuration parameters and manipulate debug logs Synopsis amgetconf [-l|–list] [–client] [–execute-where client|server] [-o configoption…] [config] parameter Description Amgetconf has three main jobs: to fetch configuration information from the Amanda configuration; to fetch build-time configuration values; and to open and close debug logs for shell scripts. Each is treated in its own subsection,…