.\" Title: amflush .\" Author: James da Silva .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.0 .\" Date: 01/22/2009 .\" Manual: System Administration Commands .\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "AMFLUSH" "8" "01/22/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1" "System Administration Commands" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * (re)Define some macros .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" toupper - uppercase a string (locale-aware) .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de toupper .tr aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ \\$* .tr aabbccddeeffgghhiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz .. .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" SH-xref - format a cross-reference to an SH section .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de SH-xref .ie n \{\ .\} .toupper \\$* .el \{\ \\$* .\} .. .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" SH - level-one heading that works better for non-TTY output .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de1 SH .\" put an extra blank line of space above the head in non-TTY output .if t \{\ .sp 1 .\} .sp \\n[PD]u .nr an-level 1 .set-an-margin .nr an-prevailing-indent \\n[IN] .fi .in \\n[an-margin]u .ti 0 .HTML-TAG ".NH \\n[an-level]" .it 1 an-trap .nr an-no-space-flag 1 .nr an-break-flag 1 \." make the size of the head bigger .ps +3 .ft B .ne (2v + 1u) .ie n \{\ .\" if n (TTY output), use uppercase .toupper \\$* .\} .el \{\ .nr an-break-flag 0 .\" if not n (not TTY), use normal case (not uppercase) \\$1 .in \\n[an-margin]u .ti 0 .\" if not n (not TTY), put a border/line under subheading .sp -.6 \l'\n(.lu' .\} .. .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" SS - level-two heading that works better for non-TTY output .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de1 SS .sp \\n[PD]u .nr an-level 1 .set-an-margin .nr an-prevailing-indent \\n[IN] .fi .in \\n[IN]u .ti \\n[SN]u .it 1 an-trap .nr an-no-space-flag 1 .nr an-break-flag 1 .ps \\n[PS-SS]u \." make the size of the head bigger .ps +2 .ft B .ne (2v + 1u) .if \\n[.$] \&\\$* .. .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" BB/BE - put background/screen (filled box) around block of text .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de BB .if t \{\ .sp -.5 .br .in +2n .ll -2n .gcolor red .di BX .\} .. .de EB .if t \{\ .if "\\$2"adjust-for-leading-newline" \{\ .sp -1 .\} .br .di .in .ll .gcolor .nr BW \\n(.lu-\\n(.i .nr BH \\n(dn+.5v .ne \\n(BHu+.5v .ie "\\$2"adjust-for-leading-newline" \{\ \M[\\$1]\h'1n'\v'+.5v'\D'P \\n(BWu 0 0 \\n(BHu -\\n(BWu 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] .\} .el \{\ \M[\\$1]\h'1n'\v'-.5v'\D'P \\n(BWu 0 0 \\n(BHu -\\n(BWu 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] .\} .in 0 .sp -.5v .nf .BX .in .sp .5v .fi .\} .. .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" BM/EM - put colored marker in margin next to block of text .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .de BM .if t \{\ .br .ll -2n .gcolor red .di BX .\} .. .de EM .if t \{\ .br .di .ll .gcolor .nr BH \\n(dn .ne \\n(BHu \M[\\$1]\D'P -.75n 0 0 \\n(BHu -(\\n[.i]u - \\n(INu - .75n) 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] .in 0 .nf .BX .in .fi .\} .. .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "Name" amflush \- flush \fIAmanda\fR backup files from holding disk to tape .SH "Synopsis" .fam C .HP \w'\fBamflush\fR\ 'u \fBamflush\fR [\-b] [\-f] [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatestamp\fR] \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]... .fam .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fBAmflush\fR writes \fIAmanda\fR backups from the holding disks to tape, and updates the \fIAmanda\fR info database and \fBtapelist\fR(5) accordingly\&. Backups may stay in a holding disk when something is wrong with the tape at the time \fBamdump\fR is run\&. When this happens, the problem must be corrected and \fBamflush\fR run by hand\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP \fB\-b\fR .RS 4 Run \fBamflush\fR in batch mode\&. All datestamps are selected unless specified\&. The flush is started without confirmation\&. .RE .PP \fB\-f\fR .RS 4 Run \fBamflush\fR in foreground\&. \fBAmflush\fR normally detaches itself from the tty and runs as a background process\&. With the \fB\-f\fR option, \fBamflush\fR stays in the foreground\&. This is useful if \fBamflush\fR is run as part of another script that, for example, advances the tape after the flush is completed\&. .RE .PP \fB\-s\fR .RS 4 Write log to stdout/stderr instead of the amflush log file\&. Requires the \fB\-f\fR option\&. .RE .PP \fB\-D datestamp\fR .RS 4 specify a datestamp expression you want to flush, see the "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section of \fBamanda\fR(8) for a description\&. \fB\-D 20001225\-7\fR will flush all dumps from 25 december 2000 to 27 december 2000\&. .RE .PP \fIhost\fR [\fIdisk\fR]* .RS 4 Specify the host and disk on which the command will work\&. .RE .PP \fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR .RS 4 See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in \fBamanda\fR(8)\&. .RE .PP 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 \fBamanda\fR(8) for a description\&. .PP \fBAmflush\fR will look in the holding disks specified by the \fIamanda\&.conf\fR file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR for any non\-empty \fIAmanda\fR 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 \fBamdump\fR was run, e\&.g\&. \FC19910215\F[]\&. .PP See the \fBamanda\fR(8) man page for more details about \fIAmanda\fR\&. .SH "EXAMPLE" .PP \fBAmflush\fR will search for holding areas associated with the \fIdaily\fR configuration\&. After you select which holding area to flush, \fBamflush\fR writes the data to tape, updates the databases and sends a mail report similar to \fBamdump\fR(8)\&. .nf % amflush MyConfig Scanning /amanda\-hold\&.\&.\&. 20001113: found \fIAmanda\fR directory\&. 20001114: found \fIAmanda\fR directory\&. Multiple \fIAmanda\fR directories, please pick one by letter: A\&. 20001113 B\&. 20001114 Select directories to flush [A\&.\&.B]: [ALL] all Flushing dumps in 20001113, 20001114, today: 20001117 to tape drive /dev/rmt/0mn\&. Expecting tape DMP014 or a new tape\&. (The last dumps were to tape DMP013) Are you sure you want to do this? yes Running in background, you can log off now\&. You\'ll get mail when amflush is finished\&. .fi .PP The following example causes amflush to flush everything to tape, then ejects tape, using \'at\' to run the task in the background\&. .nf % echo \'amflush \-b \-f MyConfig && mt offline\' | at now .fi .SH "EXIT CODE" The exit code of \fBamflush\fR is the ORed value of: .nf 0 = success 1 = error 4 = a dle failed 8 = Don\'t know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report) 16 = tape error or no more tape .fi .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \fBamanda\fR(8), \fBamdump\fR(8), : http://wiki.zmanda.com .SH "Authors" .PP \fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&> .PP \fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>