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.\" Title: amfetchdump
.\" Author: John Stange <building@nap.edu>
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-.\" Date: 06/01/2010
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+.\" Date: 02/21/2012
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 3.1.0
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.1
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMFETCHDUMP" "8" "06/01/2010" "Amanda 3\&.1\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMFETCHDUMP" "8" "02/21/2012" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.1" "System Administration Commands"
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amfetchdump \- extract backup images from multiple Amanda tapes\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamfetchdump\fR\ 'u
-\fBamfetchdump\fR [\-phcClawns] [\-d\ \fIdevice\fR] [\-O\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\-b\ \fIblocksize\fR] [\-\-header\-fd\ \fIfd\fR] [\-\-header\-file\ \fIfilename\fR] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]... \fIconfig\fR \fIhostname\fR [\fIdisk\fR\ [\ \fIdate\fR\ [\ \fIlevel\fR\ [\ \fIhostname\fR\ [\&.\&.\&.]\ ]\ ]\ ]]
+\fBamfetchdump\fR [\-c|\-C|\-L] [\-p|\-n] [\-a] [\-O\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\-d\ \fIdevice\fR] [\-h] [\-\-header\-file\ \fIfilename\fR] [\-\-header\-fd\ \fIfd\fR] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...] \fIconfig\fR \fIhostname\fR [\fIdisk\fR\ [\ \fIdate\fR\ [\ \fIlevel\fR\ [\ \fIhostname\fR\ [\&.\&.\&.]\ ]\ ]\ ]]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBAmfetchdump\fR
pulls one or more matching dumps from tape or from the holding disk, handling the reassembly of multi\-tape split dump files as well as any tape autochanger operations\&.
.PP
-It will automatically use the logs created by
-\fBamdump\fR(8)
-to locate available dumps on tape, in the same way that the
+It will automatically use the Amanda catalog to locate available dumps on tape, in the same way that the
\fBfind\fR
feature of
\fBamadmin\fR(8)
-lists available dumps\&. If these logs are unavailable, it can search tape\-by\-tape to find what it needs, and can generate new logs to serve as an emergency tape inventory\&.
+lists available dumps\&.
.PP
The
\fIhostname\fR,
\fIdiskname\fR,
\fIdatestamp\fR, and
\fIlevel\fR
-dump pattern\-matching works as in
-\fBamrestore\fR(8), with the added requirement that at minimum a
+dump specifications are further described in
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)\&. Note that at minimum a
\fIhostname\fR
-must be specified when not in inventory mode\&.
+must be specified\&.
.PP
Unless
\fB\-p\fR
All the examples here assume your configuration is called
\fISetA\fR\&.
.PP
-Here\'s a simple case, restoring all known dumps of the host vanya to the current working directory\&.
+Here\*(Aqs a simple case, restoring all known dumps of the host vanya to the current working directory\&.
.nf
$ amfetchdump SetA vanya
.fi
.PP
-A more likely scenario involves restoring a particular dump from a particular date\&. We\'ll pipe this one to
+A more likely scenario involves restoring a particular dump from a particular date\&. We\*(Aqll pipe this one to
\fBGNU\-tar\fR
as well, to automatically extract the dump\&.
.nf
.SH "CAVEATS"
.PP
\fBAmfetchdump\fR
-is dependent on accessing your server\'s config, tape changer, and (normally) dump logs\&. As such, it\'s not necessarily the most useful tool when those have all been wiped out and you desperately need to pull things from your tape\&. Pains have been taken to make it as capable as possible, but for seriously minimialist restores, look to
+is dependent on accessing your server\*(Aqs config, tape changer, and (normally) dump logs\&. As such, it\*(Aqs not necessarily the most useful tool when those have all been wiped out and you desperately need to pull things from your tape\&. Pains have been taken to make it as capable as possible, but for seriously minimialist restores, look to
\fBamrestore\fR(8)
or
\fBdd\fR(8)
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBamanda\fR(8),
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7),
\fBamadmin\fR(8),
-\fBamrestore\fR(8),
-\fBtar\fR(1),
-\fBrestore\fR(8)
+\fBamrestore\fR(8)
.PP
The Amanda Wiki:
: http://wiki.zmanda.com/