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+                              amverify
+Prev  Chapter 35. The AMANDA Manual Pages.  Next
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+Name
+
+amverify \14 check an Amanda tape for errors
+
+Synopsis
+
+amverify config [ slot [runtapes]]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+
+Amverify reads an Amanda format tape and makes sure each backup image can be
+processed by amrestore and, if possible, the appropriate restore program (e.g.
+tar).
+Amverify runs amrestore on each file of the tape and pipes the output to a
+restore program (if available) with an option to create a catalogue of the
+backup. The catalogue itself is discarded. Only the success or failure of the
+operation itself is reported.
+If the backup image cannot be processed by the restore program, e.g. if it was
+written on a different operating system, the image is sent through dd to /dev/
+null. This still determines if the tape is readable, but does not do any
+internal consistency check on the image.
+If config is set up to use a tape changer, the slot argument may be used to
+choose the first tape to process. Otherwise, the current slot is used.
+The runtapes configuration parameter determines how many tapes are processed
+unless it is specified on the command line.
+See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
+
+AUTHOR
+
+Axel Zinser <fifi@icem.de> : Original text
+Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the AMANDA-documentation:
+XML-conversion
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+SEE ALSO
+
+amrestore(8), amanda(8), amverifyrun(8)
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