X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Famdump.8;h=5bf47a72b3a12b45caa14ad017485f6960390f99;hb=HEAD;hp=b151545cc1a14fecde9654e2e89c38718dd71972;hpb=e9de482962ca61612054c6e0382814b04e416129;p=debian%2Famanda diff --git a/man/amdump.8 b/man/amdump.8 index b151545..5bf47a7 100644 --- a/man/amdump.8 +++ b/man/amdump.8 @@ -1,13 +1,22 @@ '\" t .\" Title: amdump .\" Author: James da Silva -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 -.\" Date: 11/05/2009 +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 +.\" Date: 01/10/2013 .\" Manual: System Administration Commands -.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2 +.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.3 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "AMDUMP" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands" +.TH "AMDUMP" "8" "01/10/2013" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.3" "System Administration Commands" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -19,44 +28,53 @@ .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" -amdump \- back up all disks in an \fIAmanda\fR configuration +amdump \- back up all disks in an Amanda configuration .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'\fBamdump\fR\ 'u -\fBamdump\fR \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]... +\fBamdump\fR [\-\-no\-taper] [\-\-exact\-match] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...] \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fBAmdump\fR -switches to the appropriate -\fIAmanda\fR -configuration directory, e\&.g\&. /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR, then attempts to back up every disk specified by the -\fIamanda\&.conf\fR -file\&. +is the main interface to the Amanda backup process\&. It loads the specified configuration and attempts to back up every disk specified by the +\fBdisklist\fR(5)\&. \fBAmdump\fR is normally run by \fBcron\fR\&. .PP -You can specify many host/disk expressions, only disks that match an expression will be dumped\&. All disks are dumped if no expressions are given\&. +The command optionally takes a set of DLE specifications (see +\fBamanda-match\fR(7)) to narrow the DLEs that will be dumped\&. All disks are dumped if no expressions are given\&. .PP -If the file /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR/hold exists, +If a file named +hold +exists in the configuration directory, \fBamdump\fR will wait until it is removed before starting the backups\&. This allows scheduled backups to be delayed when circumstances warrant, for example, if the tape device is being used for some other purpose\&. While waiting, \fBamdump\fR checks for the hold file every minute\&. .PP +In some cases it is desirable to dump all Amanda clients to holding disk without writing anything to storage media\&. The +\fB\-\-no\-taper\fR +option instructs Amanda to not start the taper, and thus enter degraded mode immediately\&. +.PP See the \fBamanda\fR(8) -man page for more details about -\fIAmanda\fR\&. +man page for more details about Amanda\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP \fIhost\fR [\fIdisk\fR]* .RS 4 -Specify the host and disk on which the command will work\&. +Specify the host and disk on which the command will work \-\- see the description of DLE specifications in +\fBamanda-match\fR(7)\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-\-exact\-match\fR +.RS 4 +The host and disk are parsed as exact values .RE .PP -\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR +\fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR .RS 4 -See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in +See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in \fBamanda\fR(8)\&. .RE .SH "EXAMPLE" @@ -106,19 +124,21 @@ The exit code of \fBamdump\fR is the ORed value of: 1 = error 2 = a dle give strange message 4 = a dle failed - 8 = Don\'t know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report) + 8 = Don\*(Aqt know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report) 16 = tape error or no more tape .fi .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP - \fBamanda\fR(8), \fBamcheck\fR(8), \fBamcleanup\fR(8), \fBamrestore\fR(8), \fBamflush\fR(8), \fBcron\fR(8), -: http://wiki.zmanda.com +\fBamanda-match\fR(7) +.PP +The Amanda Wiki: +: http://wiki.zmanda.com/ .SH "AUTHORS" .PP \fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>