NAME

       amanda - The Open Source Backup Platform

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page gives an overview of the Amanda commands and configuration files for
       quick reference.

   COMMANDS
       Here are all the Amanda commands. Each one has its own manual page. See them for all the
       gory details.

       •   amaddclient(8),

       •   amadmin(8),

       •   amaespipe(8),

       •   amarchiver(8),

       •   amcheck(8),

       •   amcheckdb(8),

       •   amcheckdump(8),

       •   amcleanup(8),

       •   amcrypt-ossl-asym(8),

       •   amcrypt-ossl(8),

       •   amcrypt(8),

       •   amcryptsimple(8),

       •   amdevcheck(8),

       •   amdump(8),

       •   amfetchdump(8),

       •   amflush(8),

       •   amgetconf(8),

       •   amgpgcrypt(8),

       •   amgtar(8),

       •   amlabel(8),

       •   amoverview(8),

       •   ampgsql(8),

       •   amplot(8),

       •   amraw(8),

       •   amrecover(8),

       •   amreport(8),

       •   amrestore(8),

       •   amrmtape(8),

       •   amsamba(8),

       •   amserverconfig(8),

       •   amservice(8),

       •   amstar(8),

       •   amstatus(8),

       •   amsuntar(8),

       •   amtape(8),

       •   amtapetype(8),

       •   amtoc(8),

       •   amvault(8),

       •   amzfs-sendrecv(8),

       •   amzfs-snapshot(8),

       •   script-email(8),

   CONFIGURATION FILES
       •   amanda.conf(5),

       •   amanda-client.conf(5),

       •   disklist(5),

       •   tapelist(5),

   DATA FORMATS
       •   amanda-archive-format(5),

   CONCEPTS
       •   amanda-applications(7),

       •   amanda-auth(7),

       •   amanda-changers(7),

       •   amanda-compatibility(7),

       •   amanda-devices(7),

       •   amanda-interactivity(7),

       •   amanda-match(7),

       •   amanda-scripts(7),

       •   amanda-taperscan(7),

CONFIGURATION FILES

       There are four user-editable files that control the behavior of Amanda.

       The first two are amanda.conf(5) and amanda-client.conf(5), the main configuration files
       for the server and client, respectively. They contain parameters to customize Amanda for
       the site.

       Next is the disklist(5) file, which lists hosts and disk partitions to back up.

       Last is the seldom-edited tapelist(5) file, which lists tapes that are currently active.
       These files are described in more detail in the following sections.

       All configuration files are stored in individual configuration directories, usually under
       /etc/amanda/. A site will often have more than one configuration. For example, it might
       have a normal configuration for everyday backups and an archive configuration for
       infrequent full archival backups. The configuration files would be stored under
       directories /etc/amanda/normal/ and /etc/amanda/archive/, respectively. Part of the job of
       an Amanda administrator is to create, populate and maintain these directories.

       Most Amanda applications take a "config" parameter; this is generally the (unqualified)
       name of the configuration directory, e.g., normal. If the parameter is .  (dot), the
       current directory is used. This feature is present for backward compatibility, but is not
       commonly used.

   Configuration Override
       Most commands allow the override of specific configuration options on the command line,
       using the -o option. This option has the form -oname=value. An optional space is allowed
       after the -o. Each configuration option should be specified in a separate command-line
       option.

       For global options, name is simply the name of the option, e.g.,

       amdump -oruntapes=2
       For options in a named section of the configuration, name has the form
       SECTION:section_name:name, where SECTION is one of TAPETYPE, DUMPTYPE, HOLDINGDISK, or
       INTERFACE, and section_name is the name of the tapetype, dumptype, holdingdisk, or
       interface. Examples:

       amdump -o TAPETYPE:HP-DAT:length=2000m
       amdump -o DUMPTYPE:no-compress:compress="server fast"
       amdump -o HOLDINGDISK:hd1:use="-100 mb"
       amdump -o INTERFACE:local:use="2000 kbps"

       When overriding device properties, one must carefully quote the command line to simulate
       the syntax of real configuration files. The following example should serve as a guide:

       amdump -o 'device-property="PROPERTY_MAX_VOLUME_USAGE" "100000"'

       Note that configuration overrides are not effective for tape changers, which supply a
       tapedev based on their own configuration. In order to override tapedev, you must also
       disable any changer:

       amdump -otapedev=/dev/nst1 -otpchanger=''

AUTHORS

       James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>

       Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>