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Enter the date as month-day-year. Use 1 or 2 digits for the month, 2 digits for the day, and 
2 or 4 digits for the year. 
Enter the time as hour-minutes. Use 1 or 2 digits for the hour and 2 digits for the minutes.
If you use 13 through 23 for the hours after  noon, you are not asked whether you meant 
AM or PM. Otherwise, Amanda prompts for a    (for A.M.)  or a   (for P.M.).
For example, to change the date and time to March 4, 1999, at 9:05 
A.M., use:...

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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 Messages?YESMax:180 sec Delay:0
Copy Messages To:Menus
Message Volume:0Guests:-11: 2: 3:
Current Greeting:0Max:45 sec4:5:6:
Busy Message?SYSMax:45 sec7:8:9:
ID Call?...

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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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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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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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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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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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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The Less utility is often used with the Grep utility. For instance, if you have a very large 
TRACE.OUT file, and you are interested in only the activity on Port 1, you could filter the 
TRACE file with Grep and then page through the results with Less.
At the C:\AMANDA> prompt, type:
grep ichan_01 trace.out | less
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...

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Reviewing Installation History
You can review an Amanda system’s installation history to find out what versions have 
been installed or uninstalled. It shows each Amanda version (starting with 5.45) and its 
installation history on the computer.
Syntax:  history
To display the history of the search using the Less utility:
 Type the following at any prompt:
history | less
Output from the utility looks like the following example. The output ranges from most 
recent to...