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.\" Title: amdump
.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
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-.\" Date: 11/05/2009
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 01/10/2013
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.3
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMDUMP" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMDUMP" "8" "01/10/2013" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.3" "System Administration Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
-amdump \- back up all disks in an \fIAmanda\fR configuration
+amdump \- back up all disks in an Amanda configuration
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamdump\fR\ 'u
-\fBamdump\fR \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
+\fBamdump\fR [\-\-no\-taper] [\-\-exact\-match] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...] \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBAmdump\fR
-switches to the appropriate
-\fIAmanda\fR
-configuration directory, e\&.g\&. /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR, then attempts to back up every disk specified by the
-\fIamanda\&.conf\fR
-file\&.
+is the main interface to the Amanda backup process\&. It loads the specified configuration and attempts to back up every disk specified by the
+\fBdisklist\fR(5)\&.
\fBAmdump\fR
is normally run by
\fBcron\fR\&.
.PP
-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\&.
+The command optionally takes a set of DLE specifications (see
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)) to narrow the DLEs that will be dumped\&. All disks are dumped if no expressions are given\&.
.PP
-If the file /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR/hold exists,
+If a file named
+hold
+exists in the configuration directory,
\fBamdump\fR
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,
\fBamdump\fR
checks for the hold file every minute\&.
.PP
+In some cases it is desirable to dump all Amanda clients to holding disk without writing anything to storage media\&. The
+\fB\-\-no\-taper\fR
+option instructs Amanda to not start the taper, and thus enter degraded mode immediately\&.
+.PP
See the
\fBamanda\fR(8)
-man page for more details about
-\fIAmanda\fR\&.
+man page for more details about Amanda\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fIhost\fR [\fIdisk\fR]*
.RS 4
-Specify the host and disk on which the command will work\&.
+Specify the host and disk on which the command will work \-\- see the description of DLE specifications in
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-exact\-match\fR
+.RS 4
+The host and disk are parsed as exact values
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
+\fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR
.RS 4
-See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
+See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in
\fBamanda\fR(8)\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLE"
1 = error
2 = a dle give strange message
4 = a dle failed
- 8 = Don\'t know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report)
+ 8 = Don\*(Aqt 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),
\fBamcheck\fR(8),
\fBamcleanup\fR(8),
\fBamrestore\fR(8),
\fBamflush\fR(8),
\fBcron\fR(8),
-: http://wiki.zmanda.com
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)
+.PP
+The Amanda Wiki:
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>