amaddclient command examples

– About amaddclient : Program to add client to an existing Amanda configuration

– It comes from “amanda-server-2.6.1p2” package.

– Path: /usr/sbin/amaddclient

Examples:

1. To add client to the amanda server

# amaddclient –config DailySet1 –diskdev /etc –client myhost.net

2. To add client with specifying the dump type

# amaddclient –config DailySet1 –diskdev /etc –client myhost.net –dumptype user-tar

3. To add client with specifying the files

# amaddclient –config DailySet1 –diskdev /etc –client myhost.net –dumptype user-tar –includefile etc*

4. To add client with specifying the exclude files

# amaddclient –config DailySet1 –diskdev /etc –client myhost.net –dumptype user-tar –excludelist etc*

5. To add client with specifying the default username

# amaddclient –config DailySet1 –diskdev /etc –client myhost.net –user mike

Related Commands: amanda, amanda.conf, amserverconfig ssh-keygen ssh-add scp