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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<refentry id='ambackup.8'>

<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ambackup</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
&rmi.source;
&rmi.version;
&rmi.manual.8;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>ambackup</refname>
<refpurpose>back up all disks in an Amanda configuration</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refentryinfo>
&author.jlm;
</refentryinfo>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
  <command>ambackup</command>
    &configoverride.synopsis;
    <arg choice='opt'><option>--config</option> <replaceable>config</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice='opt'><option>--verbose</option></arg>
    <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>CMD</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice='opt' rep='repeat'><replaceable>diskname</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>


<refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para><emphasis remap='B'>Ambackup</emphasis> connect to the
<emphasis remap='B'>ambackupd</emphasis>  service on an amanda server.</para>
<para><emphasis remap='B'>Ambackup</emphasis> initiate backup on the client.
There are three commands (CMD):</para>
<variablelist remap='TP'>

  <varlistentry><term><amkeyword>list</amkeyword></term>
  <listitem><para>list all diskname that can be dumped.</para>
  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry><term><amkeyword>check</amkeyword></term>
  <listitem><para>Check the configuration of the client and disk.</para>
  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry><term><amkeyword>backup</amkeyword></term>
  <listitem><para>Start a backup of the specified diskname, or all diskname if none are specified.</para>
  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<seealso>
<manref name="amdump" vol="8"/>,
<manref name="amanda-match" vol="7"/>
</seealso>

</refentry>