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.\" Title: amfetchdump
.\" Author: John Stange <building@nap.edu>
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+.\" Date: 12/14/2010
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.2.1
.\" Language: English
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-.TH "AMFETCHDUMP" "8" "01/22/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1" "System Administration Commands"
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+.TH "AMFETCHDUMP" "8" "12/14/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.1" "System Administration Commands"
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-.SH "Name"
-amfetchdump \- extract backup images from multiple \fIAmanda\fR tapes\&.
-.SH "Synopsis"
-.fam C
+.SH "NAME"
+amfetchdump \- extract backup images from multiple Amanda tapes\&.
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamfetchdump\fR\ 'u
-\fBamfetchdump\fR [\-pcClawns] [\-d\ \fIdevice\fR] [\-O\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\-b\ \fIblocksize\fR] \fIconfig\fR \fIhostname\fR [\fIdisk\fR\ [\ \fIdate\fR\ [\ \fIlevel\fR\ [\ \fIhostname\fR\ [\&.\&.\&.]\ ]\ ]\ ]] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
-.fam
+\fBamfetchdump\fR [\-phcClawns] [\-d\ \fIdevice\fR] [\-O\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\-b\ \fIblocksize\fR] [\-\-header\-fd\ \fIfd\fR] [\-\-header\-file\ \fIfilename\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
is used, backup images are extracted to files in the current directory named:
.PP
+If a changer error occurs, or the
+\fB\-d\fR
+option is given, then amfetchdump prompts for each required volume\&.
+.PP
\fIhostname\&.diskname\&.datestamp\&.dumplevel\fR
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fIstdout\fR, instead of writing the file to disk\&. This will restore only the first matching dumpfile (where "first" is determined by the dump log search facility)\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-d\fR \fIdevice\fR
+\fB\-h\fR
+.RS 4
+Output the amanda header as a 32K block to same output as the image\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-header\-fd\fR \fIfd\fR
+.RS 4
+Output the amanda header to the numbered file descriptor\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-header\-file\fR \fIfilename\fR
+.RS 4
+Output the amanda header to the filename\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-d\fR \fIdevice_or_changer\fR
.RS 4
-Restore from this tape device instead of the default\&.
+Restore from this device or changer instead of the default, prompting for each volume\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-O\fR \fIdirectory\fR
Assume that all tapes are already available, via tape changer or otherwise, instead of prompting the operator to ensure that all tapes are loaded\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-w\fR
-.RS 4
-Wait to put split dumps together until all chunks have been restored\&. Normally,
-\fBamfetchdump\fR
-will attempt to read pieces of a split file from tape in order, so that it can assemble them simply by appending each file to the first\&. This option disables the appending behavior, and instead restores each piece as an individual file and reassembles them only after all have been restored\&.
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-This requires at least double the size of your dump in free disk space, in order to build the final assembled dumpfile\&.
-.sp .5v
-.EM yellow
-.RE
-This behavior is implicitly invoked in circumstances where knowing the location of all dumps on tape in advance is not possible, such as when you are restoring without log files\&.
-.RE
-.PP
\fB\-n\fR
.RS 4
Do not reassemble split dump files at all, just restore each piece as an individual file\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-s\fR
-.RS 4
-Do not fast\-forward straight to needed files on tape\&. This will slow down most restores substantially\&. Only use this option if your tape drive does not properly support the fast\-forward operation\&.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fB\-b\fR \fIblocksize\fR
-.RS 4
-Force a particular block size when reading from tapes\&. This value will usually be autodetected, and should not normally need to be set\&.
-.RE
-.PP
\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
.RS 4
See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBamanda\fR(8),
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7),
\fBamadmin\fR(8),
-\fBamrestore\fR(8),
-\fBtar\fR(1),
-\fBrestore\fR(8),
-: http://wiki.zmanda.com
-.SH "Authors"
+\fBamrestore\fR(8)
+.PP
+The Amanda Wiki:
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
+.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBJohn Stange\fR <\&building@nap\&.edu\&>
.RS 4
.PP
\fBIan Turner\fR <\&ian@zmanda\&.com\&>
.RS 4
-Zmanda, Inc\&. (\FChttp://www\&.zmanda\&.com\F[])
+Zmanda, Inc\&. (http://www\&.zmanda\&.com)
.RE
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