Amanda Work Group Norstar Work Place Instructions Manual
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Chapter 9: Using the Administrator Mailbox 83 Resetting the Date and Time Sometimes Amanda’s system date and time become inaccurate. For example, a time change between daylight savings and standard time might have occurred or Amanda’s clock might be slightly off. To reset Amanda’s date and time: (For login instructions, see “Logging into Amanda” on page 7.) + + + + enter the date + + enter the time + Enter the date as month-day-year. Use 1 or 2 digits for the month, 2...
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84 Administering [email protected] Installing [email protected] for more information about setting the diskwarn configuration option or contact your Amanda Marketing Partner or Solution Provider. Mailbox 999 Save Auto Delete Notify Table Copy Esc/EXIT PgDn/NEXT PgUp/PREVUsers Mailbox: 999 Comment: SYSTEM ADMIN Security Code: 999 Extension: H Dir Name 1: Dir Name 2: Basic Options Chains Maximum Rings:0 (default is 4) Done: Do Not Disturb:OFFLock:ONRNA: Screen Calls?OFFLock:ONBusy: Store...
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Chapter 10: Using Utilities Backing Up and Restoring Files The BackRest utility backs up and restores the database, the greetings, and the incoming messages of an Amanda system. BackRest automatically detects the number of floppy drives in the computer and allows you to use either the A: or B: drive. The number of floppies as well as the number of bytes needed for the requested backup is estimated after you insert the first floppy. You can add a note (comment) that is displayed when you restore...
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86 Administering [email protected] To delete one or more users: At the C:\AMANDA> prompt, type: delusers mailbox_list where mailbox_list specifies individual mailboxes, a range of mailboxes, or both. Use a hyphen (-) to separate the first and last mailboxes in a range. Use a space to separate entries in the list. For example: 1000-2000 990-991 3000 Deleting Personal Mailing Lists The List Del utility deletes the specified personal mailing list from the specified mailbox. (System mailing lists are...
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Chapter 10: Using Utilities87 To print the results rather than display or store them: Type: msglist > prn To display the information for mailbox 200 through mailbox 231: Type: msglist 200-231 To display message information in the European format: (for mailboxes in the range 200–231 and in the range 300–320) Type: msglist -e 200-231 300-320 Validating Notification Templates The VMBEdit utility checks that: Notification templates are valid. No two templates are identical except for Title. If it...
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88 Administering [email protected] To store the results in a file: Type (on one line): grep search_string input_filename > output_filename where output_filename is the name or path to another file. To print the results rather than display or store them: Type: grep searchstring filename > prn For additional information on GREP.EXE, read C:\AMANDA\GREP.MAN. See also the Less utility, “Displaying Text Files (20 Lines at a Time)” on page 90. Editing a Text File The JOVE utility allows you to edit any...
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Chapter 10: Using Utilities89 2. To perform a search, press Ctrl+S and type the first few letters of the word “HOST”. Look for one of the following lines in the AUTOEXEC.BAT: rem LH HOST /2 /f /n >> %LOGN% rem LH HOST /4 >> %LOGN% N OTE:The /2 is for COM2 and the /4 is for COM4. Use COM2 when con- necting directly via a null modem cable. Use COM4 when connect- ing via a modem. The /f is for “fast” to use 14400 bps. You can add /f to the second line if your modem is fast. %LOGN% refers to the...
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90 Administering [email protected] Displaying Text Files (20 Lines at a Time) The Less utility displays a text file on the screen, 20 lines at a time. This utility is similar to the MORE command in DOS, but with many additional features. Syntax: less filename You can move around in the file: Use Page Up and Page Down to scroll through the file Use Up Arrow and Down Arrow to move from line to line To view an additional line, press Enter To view the next 20 lines, press the spacebar or Page Down...
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Chapter 10: Using Utilities91 To view a file that you are not grepping, such as GREP.MAN, which explains how to use the Grep utility, type the following at the C:\AMANDA> prompt: less grep.man Displaying the Last n Lines of Text Files The Tail utility displays the last n lines in a text file, with a default of 10 lines. Syntax: tail [-n] filename To display the last 20 lines of a file: Type the following at the C:\AMANDA> prompt: tail -20 filename Performing Operations at Shutdown As Amanda performs...
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92 Administering [email protected] Output from the utility looks like the following example. The output ranges from most recent to least recent version. EXAMPLE HISTORY DISPLAY ********************************************************************* The currently installed system is: [email protected] Version 2.11 Voice platform: BI-SONIC Continue, or Quit[C,Q]?C Pressing C to continue will display information about previous updates/upgrades as well as uninstalls—if there are any.