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+<refentry id='amdevcheck.8'>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>amdevcheck</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>amdevcheck</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Validate an &A; device and volume.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <!-- body begins here -->
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>amdevcheck</command>
+ <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>config</replaceable></arg>
+ <group choice='opt'>
+ <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>device name</replaceable></arg>
+ </group>
+ <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><group><arg choice='plain'>-o
+ </arg><replaceable>configoption</replaceable></group></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis remap='B'>Amdevcheck</emphasis> provides a way to check that a
+ particular &A; device is accessible, whether or not it contains a volume,
+ and whether or not that volume is labeled. Some devices can't distinguish
+ between all of these cases; a missing volume and an unlabeled volume might
+ generate the same error code, for example. In those cases, this tool
+ reports all possible causes of the error.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>See the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ man page for more details about &A;.
+ See the
+ <emphasis remap='B'>OUTPUT DRIVERS</emphasis>
+ section of
+ <emphasis remap='I'>amanda(8)</emphasis>
+ for more information on the &A; output drivers.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
+ <variablelist remap='TP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable>config</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &A; configuration to use. Note that <command>amdevcheck</command>
+ ignores any tape changer configuration.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable> device</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &A; device to use. This option overrides any tapedev configuration
+ specified in the configuration file.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>-o</emphasis> <replaceable>clientconfigoption</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>See the "<emphasis remap='B'>CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE</emphasis>"
+ section in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>
+ Ian Turner <email>ian@zmanda.com</email> and others. Authorship of this
+ tool and its documentation was funded by Zmanda, Inc.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ammt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>http://wiki.zmanda.com</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>