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6 .\" Manual: System Administration Commands
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10 .TH "AMDUMP" "8" "06/01/2010" "Amanda 3\&.1\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
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22 amdump \- back up all disks in an Amanda configuration
24 .HP \w'\fBamdump\fR\ 'u
25 \fBamdump\fR \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [{\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR}...]
29 switches to the appropriate Amanda configuration directory, e\&.g\&. /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR, then attempts to back up every disk specified by the
36 You can specify many host/disk expressions, only disks that match an expression will be dumped\&. All disks are dumped if no expressions are given\&.
38 If the file /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR/hold exists,
40 will wait until it is removed before starting the backups\&. This allows scheduled backups to be delayed when circumstances warrant, for example, if the tape device is being used for some other purpose\&. While waiting,
42 checks for the hold file every minute\&.
46 man page for more details about Amanda\&.
49 \fIhost\fR [\fIdisk\fR]*
51 Specify the host and disk on which the command will work\&.
54 \fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR
56 See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in
61 Here is a typical crontab entry\&. It runs
63 every weeknight at 1 a\&.m\&. as user
66 0 1 * * 1\-5 bin /usr/local/sbin/amdump daily
73 manual page for the correct crontab format for your system\&.
76 amdump: waiting for hold file to be removed
78 The "hold" file exists and
80 is waiting for it to be removed before starting backups\&.
83 amdump: amdump or amflush is already running, or you must run amcleanup
85 Amdump detected another
89 running, or the remains of a previous incomplete
93 run\&. This run is terminated\&. If the problem is caused by the remains of a previous run, you must execute
100 The exit code of \fBamdump\fR is the ORed value of:
104 2 = a dle give strange message
106 8 = Don\'t know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report)
107 16 = tape error or no more tape
119 : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
122 \fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
124 \fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>