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Administering
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[email protected]/
DOS
Version 7.xx
Administrator’s Guide Edition 7/01 

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Copyright and Trademark Notices
Copyright  1992–2001 The Amanda Company. All Rights Reserved. This 
guide and the software described herein are copyrighted with all rights 
reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, stored 
in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any 
means without the prior written permission of The Amanda Company.
Amanda and Amanda@ are registered trademarks and sales trademarks of 
The...

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INCLUDING DAMAGES FROM LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, 
INTERRUPTED USE, LOST PROFITS, COST OF PROCURING 
SUBSTITUTE GOODS, TECHNOLOGY OR SERVICES, EVEN IF THE 
AMANDA COMPANY OR AN AUTHORIZED AMANDA COMPANY 
DEALER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH 
DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT THE AMANDA COMPANY’S 
LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT 
LIABILITY, WARRANTY, OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE 
THEORY SHALL NOT EXCEED ANY AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU FOR 
THIS PRODUCT. Any written or oral...

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Conventions
This manual uses the following terminology and conventions:
AmandaThe name by which this manual refers to 
the [email protected]/DOS system 
to make reading about the system easier. 
Because of the name Amanda, the sys-
tem is also referred to as “she.”
callerSomeone who calls into Amanda. A call-
er often obtains information, leaves a 
message for someone, and/or provides 
information. Because Amanda is re-
ferred to as “she,” callers and users are...

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Contents
Copyright and Trademark Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Limited Warranty on Software  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Fraudulent Usage Advisory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  iii
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  iv
Chapter 1:
Introducing Amanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Changing the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
Specifying a Time Zone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
Chapter 3:
Monitoring Amanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
Using Amanda Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Chapter 5:
Setting Up Mailboxes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using a Template  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using Templates with an Amanda/Norstar System  . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Asking the User for Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using Mailboxes . . . . . ....

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Managing Notification Records and 
Templates  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  120
Using Amanda Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  121
Creating a Notification Record and a Notification Template  . .  121
Creating a Notification Record from an Existing Template  . . .  126
Modifying Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  127...

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Chapter 8:
Generating Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Example Report  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Managing Reports and Report Templates  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Using Amanda Administrator  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Creating...

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JOVE Commands  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  205
Displaying Text Files (20 Lines at a Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  207
Displaying the Last n Lines of Text Files  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  208
Performing Operations at Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  208
Reviewing Installation History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  209
Appendix A:
Setup Sheets  . . . . . . . ....
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