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.\" Title: amvault
.\" Author: Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com>
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-.\" Date: 11/05/2009
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+.\" Date: 01/10/2013
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.3
.\" Language: English
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-.TH "AMVAULT" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMVAULT" "8" "01/10/2013" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.3" "System Administration Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
-amvault \- Copy \fIAmanda\fR dumps from one volume to another
+amvault \- Copy Amanda dumps from one volume to another
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamvault\fR\ 'u
-\fBamvault\fR [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]... \fIconfig\fR \fIsrc\-run\-timestamp\fR \fIdst\-changer\fR \fIlabel\-template\fR
+\fBamvault\fR [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...] [\-\-dry\-run | \-n] [\-\-quiet | \-q] [\-\-fulls\-only] [\-\-exact\-match] [\-\-export] [\fB\-\-src\-timestamp\fR\ \fIsrc\-timestamp\fR]
+.br
+\fB\-\-label\-template\fR\ \fIlabel\-template\fR \fB\-\-dst\-changer\fR\ \fIdst\-changer\fR [\fB\-\-autolabel\fR\ \fIautolabel\-arg\fR...]
+.br
+\fIconfig\fR [\fIhostname\fR\ [\ \fIdisk\fR\ [\ \fIdate\fR\ [\ \fIlevel\fR\ [\ \fIhostname\fR\ [\&.\&.\&.]\ ]\ ]\ ]\ ]]
.SH "WARNING"
.PP
This application is not yet in its final form, and is subject to major revision in subsequent versions of Amanda\&. Backward compatibility is not guaranteed\&.
.PP
-The significant limitations of this version of amvault are: tapetypes for secondary and tertiary volumes much match (including length and device_properties); tertiary volumes must be blank (manual erasure is required to re\-use tertiary media; restore/recover operations will request tertiary media by label when dumpfiles are not found on secondary media, but there is no provision to automatically fetch such media from a different changer; and all dumpfiles on a secondary volume are moved to tertiary media \- there is no provision to filter dumps\&.
+Note that Amanda restore/recover operations will request tertiary media by label when dumpfiles are not found on secondary media, but there is no provision to automatically fetch such media from a different changer
.PP
Feedback on and patches to this application are invited and encouraged!
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
+Amvault is conceptually equivalent to "amfetchdump | taper"\&. That is, it reads specified dumps from secondary media and re\-writes them on tertiary media\&.
+.PP
\fBAmvault\fR
Copies data from the run with timestamp
-\fIsrc\-run\-timestamp\fR
+\fBsrc\-timestamp\fR
onto volumes using the changer
-\fIdst\-changer\fR, labeling new volumes with
-\fIlabel\-template\fR\&. If
-\fIsrc\-run\-timestamp\fR
-is "latest", then the most recent amdump or amflush run will be used\&.
+\fBdst\-changer\fR, and labeling new volumes with
+\fBlabel\-template\fR\&.
+.SS "Secondary Media"
+.PP
+The dumps to be read from secondary media can be specified by any combination of dump specifications,
+\fB\-\-fulls\-only\fR, and
+\fB\-\-src\-timestamp\fR\&. At least one must be specified, lest amvault attempt to vault all dumps in the catalog\&. See
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)
+for more information on dump specifications\&.
.PP
-In a vaulting operation, the source media is referred to as "secondary media", while the destination is referred to as "tertiary media"\&.
+Note that the datestamp given in the dumpspec is the
+\fIdump\fR
+datestamp \- the run in which the backup was taken on the Amanda client\&. The
+\fB\-\-src\-timestamp\fR, on the other hand, is the
+\fIwrite\fR
+timestamp \- the run in which the dump was written to secondary media\&. The latter option facilitates duplicating the results of an entire backup run, including any dumps that might have been flushed from holding disk\&.
+.SS "Tertiary Media"
.PP
-Each source volume will be copied to a new destination volume; no re\-assembly or splitting will be performed\&. Destination volumes must be at least as large as the source volumes\&.
+The
+\fB\-\-dst\-changer\fR
+must be specified, and names the changer in which tertiary media are stored\&.
.PP
-The changer parameter should specify the name of a changer defined in
+If
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)
+contains the new
+\fBpart\-size\fR
+splitting parameters, then amvault will use them without any additional configuration\&. However, if the configuration still uses the old splitting parameters (\fBtape_splitsize\fR,
+\fBsplit_diskbuffer\fR, and
+\fBfallback_splitsize\fR), then amvault will need some additional configuration in order to properly split dumps to tertiary media\&. To do so, specify a new tapetype in
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5), say "TERTIARY", and set the
+\fBpart\-size\fR
+and other appropriate parameters there\&. Then reference that tapetype in the amvault invocation:
+.sp
+.nf
+ amvault \-otapetype=TERTIARY \&.\&.\&.
+.fi
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\fB\-\-autolabel\fR [any] [other\-config] [non\-amanda] [volume\-error] [empty]
+.RS 4
+Works just like the
+\fBautolabel\fR
+parameter in
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5), and can be specified multiple times if necessary\&. The default is \*(Aqempty\*(Aq\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-dst\-changer\fR \fIdst\-changer\fR
+.RS 4
+Specifies the changer in which tertiary media are stored\&. In general, this should be different from the secondary changer, to eliminate the possibility of overwriting secondary media with tertiary data\&.
+.sp
+The
+\fBdst\-changer\fR
+parameter should specify the name of a changer defined in
\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)\&. For example:
.sp
.nf
changerfile "vaulting\-changer\&.conf"
}
.fi
+.RE
.PP
-The label template functions identically to the
-\fIlabel\-new\-tapes\fR
-parameter in
-\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)\&.
+\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR, \fB\-n\fR
+.RS 4
+Cause amvault to print the dumps it would vault, but not actually perform any vaulting operations\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-exact\-match\fR
+.RS 4
+The host and disk are parsed as exact values
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-export\fR
+.RS 4
+Cause amvault to attempt to move completed tertiary volumes to import/export slots, where they can be more easily removed by an operator\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-\-fulls\-only\fR
+.RS 4
+Only full (level\-0) dumps are copied\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-label\-template\fR \fIlabel\-template\fR
+.RS 4
+Specifies a label template which is used to generate new labels for tertiary volumes\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-q\fR
+.RS 4
+Eliminate non\-error messages, and is useful when running amvault from cron\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-src\-timestamps\fR \fIsrc\-timestamps\fR
+.RS 4
+Specifies the timestamps in the format \*(AqYYYYMMDDHHMMSS\*(Aq of the run to vault, can be "latest", then the most recent amdump or amflush run will be used\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
+.RS 4
+See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
+\fBamanda\fR(8)\&.
+.RE
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.PP
+Vault all dump written to tape in the latest amdump or amflush run:
+.nf
+$ amvault \-\-src\-timestamps latest \-\-label\-template "CONF\-%%%" \-\-dst\-changer vault\-changer CONF
+.fi
+.PP
+Vault all dump written on the run of December 7 2011 12:13:14 :
+.nf
+$ amvault \-\-src\-timestamps 20111207121314 \-\-label\-template "CONF\-%%%" \-\-dst\-changer vault\-changer CONF
+.fi
+.PP
+Vault all dump dumped on any run of December 7 2011:
+.nf
+$ amvault \-\-label\-template "CONF\-%%%" \-\-dst\-changer vault\-changer CONF \e* \e* 20111207
+.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-\fBamanda\fR(8)
+\fBamanda\fR(8),
+\fBamanda-changers\fR(7),
+\fBamfetchdump\fR(8)
+.PP
+The Amanda Wiki:
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBDustin J\&. Mitchell\fR <\&dustin@zmanda\&.com\&>
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