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+                               amdump
+Prev  Chapter 35. The AMANDA Manual Pages.  Next
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+
+Name
+
+amdump \14 back up all disks in an AMANDA configuration
+
+Synopsis
+
+amdump config [ host [disk...]...]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+
+Amdump switches to the appropriate AMANDA configuration directory, e.g. /usr/
+local/etc/amanda/config, then attempts to back up every disk specified by the
+amanda.conf file. Amdump is normally run by cron.
+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.
+If the file /usr/local/etc/amanda/config/hold exists, amdump 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, amdump checks for the hold file
+every minute.
+See the amanda(8) man page for more details about AMANDA.
+
+EXAMPLE
+
+Here is a typical crontab entry. It runs amdump every weeknight at 1 a.m. as
+user bin:
+
+  0 1 * * 1-5 bin /usr/local/sbin/amdump daily
+
+Please see the crontab(5) or crontab(1) manual page for the correct crontab
+format for your system.
+
+MESSAGES
+
+
+
+  amdump: waiting for hold file to be removed
+      The "hold" file exists and amdump is waiting for it to be removed before
+      starting backups.
+
+  amdump: amdump or amflush is already running, or you must run amcleanup
+      Amdump detected another amdump or amflush running, or the remains of a
+      previous incomplete amdump or amflush run. This run is terminated. If the
+      problem is caused by the remains of a previous run, you must execute
+      amcleanup(8) and then rerun amdump.
+
+
+AUTHOR
+
+James da Silva, <jds@amanda.org> : Original text
+Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the AMANDA-documentation:
+XML-conversion
+
+SEE ALSO
+
+amanda(8), amcheck(8), amcleanup(8), amrestore(8), amflush(8), cron(8)
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