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14 <refentrytitle>amverify</refentrytitle>
15 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
18 <refname>amverify</refname>
19 <refpurpose>check an Amanda tape for errors</refpurpose>
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24 <command>amverify</command>
25 <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>config</replaceable></arg>
26 <arg choice='opt'><arg choice='plain'><replaceable>slot</replaceable></arg><arg choice='opt'><replaceable>runtapes</replaceable></arg></arg>
31 <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
32 <para><emphasis remap='B'>Amverify</emphasis>
33 reads an Amanda format tape and makes sure each backup image
35 <emphasis remap='B'>amrestore</emphasis>
36 and, if possible, the appropriate restore program (e.g.
37 <emphasis remap='B'>tar</emphasis>).</para>
39 <para><emphasis remap='B'>Amverify</emphasis>
41 <emphasis remap='B'>amrestore</emphasis>
42 on each file of the tape and pipes the output
43 to a restore program (if available) with an option to create a catalogue
45 The catalogue itself is discarded.
46 Only the success or failure of the operation itself is reported.</para>
48 <para>If the backup image cannot be processed by the restore program,
49 e.g. if it was written on a different operating system,
50 the image is sent through
51 <emphasis remap='B'>dd</emphasis>
53 This still determines if the tape is readable,
54 but does not do any internal consistency check on the image.</para>
57 <emphasis remap='I'>config</emphasis>
58 is set up to use a tape changer,
60 <emphasis remap='I'>slot</emphasis>
61 argument may be used to choose the first tape to process.
64 <emphasis remap='B'>current</emphasis>
68 <emphasis remap='B'>runtapes</emphasis>
69 configuration parameter determines how many tapes are processed unless
70 it is specified on the command line.</para>
73 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
74 man page for more details about Amanda.</para>
77 <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
78 <para>Axel Zinser <email>fifi@icem.de</email> : Original text</para>
79 <para>&maintainer.sgw;: XML-conversion</para>
82 <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
83 <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>amrestore</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
84 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
85 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amverifyrun</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>