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5 .\" Manual: System Administration Commands
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9 .TH "AMFLUSH" "8" "01/22/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1" "System Administration Commands"
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170 amflush \- flush \fIAmanda\fR backup files from holding disk to tape
173 .HP \w'\fBamflush\fR\ 'u
174 \fBamflush\fR [\-b] [\-f] [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatestamp\fR] \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
181 backups from the holding disks to tape, and updates the
185 accordingly\&. Backups may stay in a holding disk when something is wrong with the tape at the time
187 is run\&. When this happens, the problem must be corrected and
196 in batch mode\&. All datestamps are selected unless specified\&. The flush is started without confirmation\&.
205 normally detaches itself from the tty and runs as a background process\&. With the
209 stays in the foreground\&. This is useful if
211 is run as part of another script that, for example, advances the tape after the flush is completed\&.
216 Write log to stdout/stderr instead of the amflush log file\&. Requires the
223 specify a datestamp expression you want to flush, see the "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section of
226 \fB\-D 20001225\-7\fR
227 will flush all dumps from 25 december 2000 to 27 december 2000\&.
230 \fIhost\fR [\fIdisk\fR]*
232 Specify the host and disk on which the command will work\&.
235 \fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
237 See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
241 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
246 will look in the holding disks specified by the
248 file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR
251 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
258 man page for more details about
263 will search for holding areas associated with the
265 configuration\&. After you select which holding area to flush,
267 writes the data to tape, updates the databases and sends a mail report similar to
271 Scanning /amanda\-hold\&.\&.\&.
272 20001113: found \fIAmanda\fR directory\&.
273 20001114: found \fIAmanda\fR directory\&.
275 Multiple \fIAmanda\fR directories, please pick one by letter:
278 Select directories to flush [A\&.\&.B]: [ALL] all
280 Flushing dumps in 20001113, 20001114,
282 to tape drive /dev/rmt/0mn\&.
283 Expecting tape DMP014 or a new tape\&. (The last dumps were to tape DMP013)
284 Are you sure you want to do this? yes
285 Running in background, you can log off now\&.
286 You\'ll get mail when amflush is finished\&.
289 The following example causes amflush to flush everything to tape, then ejects tape, using \'at\' to run the task in the background\&.
291 % echo \'amflush \-b \-f MyConfig && mt offline\' | at now
295 The exit code of \fBamflush\fR is the ORed value of:
300 8 = Don\'t know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report)
301 16 = tape error or no more tape
308 : http://wiki.zmanda.com
311 \fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
313 \fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>