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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>amadmin</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+&rmi.source;
+&rmi.version;
+&rmi.manual.8;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>amadmin</refname>
<refpurpose>administrative interface to control &A; backups</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
+<refentryinfo>
+&author.jds;
+&author.sgw.xml;
+</refentryinfo>
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<cmdsynopsis>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>COMMANDS</title>
-<para>Commands that take a
-<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
-[
-<emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
-]
-parameter pair operate on all disks in the
-<emphasis remap='I'>disklist</emphasis>
-for that
-<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
-if no disks are specified.
-Where
-<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
-is also marked as being optional,
-the command operates on all hosts and disks in the
-<emphasis remap='I'>disklist</emphasis>.
-Both
-<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
-and
-<emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
-are special expressions, see the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section
-of
+<para>Commands that take a <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]
+parameter pair operate on all disks in the &disklist; for that
+<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> if no disks are specified. Where
+<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> is also marked as being optional,
+the command operates on all hosts and disks in the &disklist;.
+Both <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> and <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
+are special expressions; see the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section
+of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+for a description.</para>
+
+<para>Commands that take one or more <emphasis remap='I'>dumpspec</emphasis> parameters operate
+on the set of dumps specified by all of the expressions. See the "DUMP SPECIFICATIONS"
+section of
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for a description.</para>
<emphasis remap='B'>amanda.conf</emphasis>
<emphasis remap='I'>tapecycle</emphasis>
value, &A; will request new tapes until the count is satisfied again.</para>
+<para>Tape marked <emphasis remap='I'>no-reuse</emphasis> are available
+for recovery, marking them <emphasis remap='I'>no-reuse</emphasis> is a
+security to be sure amanda will not overwrite them.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><emphasis remap='B'>find</emphasis> [ <option>--sort</option> <replaceable>hkdlpb</replaceable> ]<emphasis remap='B'></emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]*</term>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>find</emphasis> [ <option>--sort</option> <replaceable>hkdlpbfw</replaceable> ]<emphasis remap='B'></emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]*</term>
<listitem>
<para>Display all backups currently on tape or in the holding disk.
The tape label or holding disk filename,
<programlisting>
<emphasis>h</emphasis>: host name
<emphasis>k</emphasis>: disk name
-<emphasis>d</emphasis>: dump date
+<emphasis>d</emphasis>: dump timestamp
<emphasis>l</emphasis>: backup level
<emphasis>p</emphasis>: dump part
<emphasis>b</emphasis>: tape label
+<emphasis>f</emphasis>: filenum on tape
+<emphasis>w</emphasis>: write timestamp
</programlisting></para>
<para>An uppercase letter reverses the sort order for that key.
-The default sort order is <emphasis remap='B'>hkdlpb</emphasis>.</para>
+The default sort order is <emphasis remap='B'>hkdlpbfw</emphasis>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>holding delete</emphasis> <emphasis remap="I">hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap="I">disk</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap="I">datestamp</emphasis> [ .. ] ] ]</term>
+ <listitem>
+
+ <para>Delete holding files matching the given specification. At least
+ a hostname must be provided.</para>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>holding list</emphasis> [-l] [-d] [ <emphasis remap="I">hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap="I">disk</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap="I">datestamp</emphasis> [ .. ] ] ] ]</term>
+ <listitem>
+
+ <para>List holding files matching the given specification, or all holding
+ files if no specification is provided. With '-l', additional information
+ (size, level, and whether the dump is outdated) is provided. With '-d', only
+ outdated dumps are shown.</para>
+
+ <para>An outdated holding file is one which is not required for a
+ restore of the <emphasis>most recent</emphasis> dump. Note that
+ outdated dumps may still be required for restores at earlier dates.
+ For example, assume that a DLE had a level 0 on Monday, level
+ 1's Tuesday through Thursday, and a level 2 on Friday. Then the
+ files required for a restore of Fridays (the most recent) dump
+ are those from Monday (level 0), Thursday (level 1), and Friday
+ (level 2). Tuesday and Wednesday's files are outdated. </para>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>delete</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]+</term>
<listitem>
on
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
from the &A; database.</para>
-<note><para>If you do not also remove the disk from the
-<emphasis remap='I'>disklist</emphasis>
+<note><para>If you do not also remove the disk from the &disklist;
file, &A; will treat it as a new disk during the next run.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>disklist</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]*</term>
<listitem>
-<para>Display the
-<emphasis remap='I'>disklist</emphasis>
+<para>Display the &disklist;
information for each of the
<emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
on
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>-o</emphasis> <replaceable>configoption</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
-<para>See the "<emphasis remap='B'>CONFIGURATION OVERWRITE</emphasis>"
+<para>See the "<emphasis remap='B'>CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE</emphasis>"
section in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<filename>/workspace</filename>
disk on
<emphasis remap='I'>machine-d</emphasis>.
-If you do not also remove the disk from the
-<emphasis remap='I'>disklist</emphasis>
+If you do not also remove the disk from the &disklist;
file, &A; will treat it as a new disk during the next run.</para>
<programlisting remap='.nf'>
$ amadmin daily delete machine-d /workspace
amadmin: machine-d:/workspace deleted from database.
-amadmin: NOTE: you'll have to remove these from the disklist yourself.
+amadmin: NOTE: you'll have to remove these from the &disklist; yourself.
</programlisting>
<para>Find the next tape &A; will use (in this case, <literal>123456</literal>).</para>
<para>/usr/local/etc/amanda/<emphasis remap='I'>config</emphasis>/amanda.conf</para>
</refsect1>
-<refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
-<para>James da Silva, &email.jds; : Original text</para>
-<para>&maintainer.sgw;: XML-conversion</para>
-</refsect1>
-
<refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>amcheck</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>amdump</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>amrestore</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-<citerefentry><refentrytitle>amfetchdump</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
+<citerefentry><refentrytitle>amfetchdump</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+<ulink url="http://wiki.zmanda.com"/>
+</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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