NAME

       backup_addhost - Adds a Tape Coordinator entry to the Backup Database

SYNOPSIS

       backup addhost -tapehost <tape machine name>
           [-portoffset <TC port offset>]
           [-localauth] [-cell <cell name>] [-help]

       backup addh -t <tape machine name>
           [-p <TC port offset>]
           [-l] [-c <cell name>] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The backup addhost command creates a Tape Coordinator entry in the Backup Database. The entry records

       •   The  host  name  of  the  Tape Coordinator machine where the Tape Coordinator (butc) process runs, as
           specified with the -tapehost argument.

       •   The Tape Coordinator's port offset number, as specified with the -portoffset argument. An  entry  for
           the  port  offset  must  also  appear  in  the  /var/lib/openafs/backup/tapeconfig  file  on the Tape
           Coordinator machine, where it is mapped to a UNIX device name (for a tape device) or pathname (for  a
           backup data file).

       Each  Tape  Coordinator  must have its own port offset number, and the command fails if a Backup Database
       entry already exists for the requested port offset number. To display existing Tape Coordinator  entries,
       use the backup listhosts command.

OPTIONS

       -tapehost <tape machine name>
           Specifies the fully-qualified hostname of the machine for which to create a Tape Coordinator entry in
           the  Backup Database. The machine must have an entry in either the cell's naming service (such as the
           Domain Name Service) or the host file (/etc/hosts or equivalent) on the machine where the command  is
           issued.

       -portoffset <TC port offset>
           Specifies  the  Tape  Coordinator's  port  offset number. Provide an integer from the range 0 through
           58510, or omit this argument to use the default value of 0 (zero). The  value  must  match  the  port
           offset  number  recorded  for the same combination of Tape Coordinator and tape device or file in the
           /var/lib/openafs/backup/tapeconfig file on the  Tape  Coordinator  machine  named  by  the  -tapehost
           argument.

       -localauth
           Constructs  a  server  ticket using a key from the local /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. The backup
           command interpreter presents it to the Backup Server, Volume  Server  and  VL  Server  during  mutual
           authentication. Do not combine this flag with the -cell argument. For more details, see backup(8).

       -cell <cell name>
           Names  the  cell  in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the -localauth flag.
           For more details, see backup(8).

       -help
           Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

EXAMPLES

       The following command creates an entry in the Backup Database that assigns port offset number 4 to a Tape
       Coordinator running on the machine "backup1.example.com":

          % backup addhost -tapehost backup1.example.com -portoffset 4

       The following command creates a Backup Database entry that  assigns  port  offset  number  0  to  a  Tape
       Coordinator on the machine "backup3.example.com":

          % backup addhost backup3.example.com

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       The  issuer  must  be  listed  in the /etc/openafs/server/UserList file on every machine where the Backup
       Server is running, or must be logged onto  a  server  machine  as  the  local  superuser  "root"  if  the
       -localauth flag is included.

SEE ALSO

       backup(8), backup_delhost(8), backup_listhosts(8)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

       This  documentation  is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  It was converted from HTML to POD
       by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on  work  by  Alf  Wachsmann  and  Elizabeth
       Cassell.

OpenAFS                                            2025-03-21                                  BACKUP_ADDHOST(8)