This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE)
Terms and Prerequisites
All values are case-sensitive.
backup_set
hostname
object
Backup| What
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The following commands must be run as the amandabackup user.
amandabackup
su - amandabackup
Amanda Enterprise 3.3
Invoke backup for specific object(s)
/opt/zmanda/amanda/bin/amdump.sh <backup_set> [hostname] [object] [<hostname> [object] [...]]
Invoke backup as a full run
/opt/zmanda/amanda/bin/amdump.sh <backup_set> -o DUMPTYPE:zmc_global_base:strategy=noinc
Invoke backup as incremental run/opt/zmanda/amanda/bin/amdump.sh <backup_set> -o DUMPTYPE:zmc_global_base:strategy=incronly
Example
Backing up specific objects all as full:/opt/zmanda/amanda/bin/amdump.sh BackupSet -o DUMPTYPE:zmc_global_base:strategy=noinc localhost ‘^/etc$’ windows-client ‘^C:/backup folder$’ 127.0.0.1 ‘^//ndmp-filer/vol/share$’ ‘^\\\\windows-client\\cifs-share$’
Amanda Enterprise 3.1
/opt/zmanda/amanda/bin/amdump_wrapper --config <backup_set> --option "<hostname> [object] [<hostname> [object] [...]]"
/opt/zmanda/amanda/bin/amdump_wrapper --config <backup_set> --option "-o DUMPTYPE:zmc_global_base:strategy=noinc"
Invoke backup as incremental run
/opt/zmanda/amanda/bin/amdump_wrapper --config <backup_set> --option "-o DUMPTYPE:zmc_global_base:strategy=incronly"
Backing up specific objects all as full:
/opt/zmanda/amanda/bin/amdump_wrapper --config BackupSet --option "-o DUMPTYPE:zmc_global_base:strategy=noinc localhost '^/etc$' windows-client '^C:/backup folder$' 127.0.0.1 '^//ndmp-filer/vol/share$' '^\\\\windows-client\\cifs-share$' "