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10 .TH "AMFLUSH" "8" "10/18/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
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22 amflush \- flush Amanda backup files from holding disk to tape
24 .HP \w'\fBamflush\fR\ 'u
25 \fBamflush\fR [\-b] [\-f] [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatestamp\fR] \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...]
29 writes Amanda backups from the holding disks to tape, and updates the Amanda info database and
31 accordingly\&. It is similar to amdump, but does not perform any backup operations on Amanda clients\&. Backups may stay in a holding disk when something is wrong with the tape at the time
33 is run\&. When this happens, the problem must be corrected and
37 The command optionally takes a set of DLE specifications (see
38 \fBamanda-match\fR(7)) to narrow the DLEs for which dumps will be flushed\&. All dumps in holding are flushed if no expressions are given\&.
45 in batch mode\&. All datestamps are selected unless specified\&. The flush is started without confirmation\&.
54 normally detaches itself from the tty and runs as a background process\&. With the
58 stays in the foreground\&. This is useful if
60 is run as part of another script that, for example, advances the tape after the flush is completed\&.
65 Write log to stdout/stderr instead of the amflush log file\&. Requires the
72 specify a datestamp expression you want to flush; see
74 for details on the format of this expression\&.
76 will flush all dumps from 25 december 2000 to 27 december 2000\&.
79 \fIhost\fR [\fIdisk\fR]*
81 Specify the host and disk on which the command will work \-\- see the description of DLE specifications in
82 \fBamanda-match\fR(7)\&.
85 \fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR
87 See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in
91 You can specify many host/disk expressions, only disks that match an expression will be flushed\&. All disks are flushed if no expressions are given\&. see the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section of
96 will look in the holding disks specified by the
98 file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR
99 for any non\-empty Amanda work directories\&. It then prompts you to select a directory or to process all of the directories\&. The work directories in the holding disks are named by the date at the time
106 man page for more details about Amanda\&.
110 will search for holding areas associated with the
112 configuration\&. After you select which holding area to flush,
114 writes the data to tape, updates the databases and sends a mail report similar to
118 Scanning /amanda\-hold\&.\&.\&.
119 20001113: found Amanda directory\&.
120 20001114: found Amanda directory\&.
122 Multiple Amanda directories, please pick one by letter:
125 Select directories to flush [A\&.\&.B]: [ALL] all
127 Flushing dumps in 20001113, 20001114,
129 to tape drive /dev/rmt/0mn\&.
130 Expecting tape DMP014 or a new tape\&. (The last dumps were to tape DMP013)
131 Are you sure you want to do this? yes
132 Running in background, you can log off now\&.
133 You\'ll get mail when amflush is finished\&.
136 The following example causes amflush to flush everything to tape, then ejects tape, using \'at\' to run the task in the background\&.
138 % echo \'amflush \-b \-f MyConfig && mt offline\' | at now
142 The exit code of \fBamflush\fR is the ORed value of:
147 8 = Don\'t know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report)
148 16 = tape error or no more tape
154 \fBamanda-match\fR(7)
157 : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
160 \fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
162 \fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>