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-.TH "AMPLOT" 8 "" "" ""
+.\" Title: amplot
+.\" Author:
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+.\" Date: 06/06/2007
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+.TH "AMPLOT" "8" "06/06/2007" "" ""
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
.SH "NAME"
-amplot - visualize the behavior of Amanda
+amplot \- visualize the behavior of Amanda
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 7
-\fBamplot\fR [-b] [-c] [-e] [-g] [-l] [-p] [-t \fIT\fR] \fIamdump_files\fR
+\fBamplot\fR [\-b] [\-c] [\-e] [\-g] [\-l] [\-p] [\-t\ \fIT\fR] \fIamdump_files\fR
.br
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
reads an
\fBamdump\fR
output file that
-\fBAmanda\fR
+\fIAmanda\fR
generates each run (e.g.
-\fBamdump.1\fR) and translates the information into a picture format that may be used to determine how your installation is doing and if any parameters need to be changed.
+\fIamdump.1\fR) and translates the information into a picture format that may be used to determine how your installation is doing and if any parameters need to be changed.
\fBAmplot\fR
also prints out
\fBamdump\fR
is a shell script that executes an
\fBawk\fR
program
-\fB\fR(\fBamplot.awk\fR) to scan the
+(\fIamplot.awk\fR) to scan the
\fBamdump\fR
output file. It then executes a
\fBgnuplot\fR
program
-\fB\fR(\fBamplot.g\fR) to generate the graph. The
+(\fIamplot.g\fR) to generate the graph. The
\fBawk\fR
program is written in an enhanced version of awk, such as GNU awk
-\fB\fR(\fBgawk\fR
+(\fIgawk\fR
version 2.15 or later) or
\fBnawk\fR.
.PP
See the
\fBamanda\fR(8)
man page for more details about
-\fBAmanda\fR.
+\fIAmanda\fR.
.SH "OPTIONS"
-.TP
-\fB-b\fR
+.PP
+\fB\-b\fR
+.RS 4
Generate b/w postscript file (need
-\fB-p\fR).
-.TP
-\fB-c\fR
+\fB\-p\fR).
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-c\fR
+.RS 4
Compress
-\fBamdump_files\fR
+\fIamdump_files\fR
after plotting.
-.TP
-\fB-e\fR
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-e\fR
+.RS 4
Extend the X (time) axis if needed.
-.TP
-\fB-g\fR
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-g\fR
+.RS 4
Direct
-\fBgnuplot\fR
+\fIgnuplot\fR
output directly to the X11 display (default).
-.TP
-\fB-p\fR
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-p\fR
+.RS 4
Direct postscript output to file
-\fB\fR\fBYYYYMMDD\fR\fB.ps\fR
+\fIYYYYMMDD\fR\fI.ps\fR
(opposite of
-\fB-g\fR).
-.TP
-\fB-l\fR
+\fB\-g\fR).
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-l\fR
+.RS 4
Generate landscape oriented output (needs
-\fB-p\fR).
-.TP
-\fB-t \fR\fBT\fR
+\fB\-p\fR).
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-t \fR\fIT\fR
+.RS 4
Set the right edge of the plot to be
-\fBT\fR
+\fIT\fR
hours.
+.RE
.PP
The
-\fBamdump_files\fR
+\fIamdump_files\fR
may be in various compressed formats
-\fB\fR(\fBcompress\fR,
+(\fIcompress\fR,
\fBgzip\fR,
\fBpact\fR,
\fBcompact\fR).
\fBamdump\fR
was started. The Y axis is divided into 5 regions:
.PP
-\fBQUEUES:\fR
+\fIQUEUES:\fR
How many backups have not been started, how many are waiting on space in the holding disk and how many have been transferred successfully to tape.
.PP
-\fB%BANDWIDTH:\fR
+\fI%BANDWIDTH:\fR
Percentage of allowed network bandwidth in use.
.PP
-\fBHOLDING DISK:\fR
+\fIHOLDING DISK:\fR
The higher line depicts space allocated on the holding disk to backups in progress and completed backups waiting to be written to tape. The lower line depicts the fraction of the holding disk containing completed backups waiting to be written to tape including the file currently being written to tape. The scale is percentage of the holding disk.
.PP
-\fBTAPE:\fR
+\fITAPE:\fR
Tape drive usage.
.PP
-\fB%DUMPERS:\fR
+\fI%DUMPERS:\fR
Percentage of active dumpers.
.PP
The idle period at the left of the graph is time
.PP
Stefan G. Weichinger,
<sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the
-\fBAmanda\fR-documentation: XML-conversion
+\fIAmanda\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
Reports lines it does not recognize, mainly error cases but some are legitimate lines the program needs to be taught about.
\fBsh\fR(1),
\fBcompress\fR(1),
\fBgzip\fR(1)
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