X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Famflush.8;h=5eb7e5545f9807593bceab0fa8baec5a0ed4f293;hb=96f35b20267e8b1a1c846d476f27fcd330e0b018;hp=f4051814a20426b72902e94035767c95a4d11c4a;hpb=1194fb66aa28d9929c3f2bef3cc6c1c3f40a60a4;p=debian%2Famanda diff --git a/man/amflush.8 b/man/amflush.8 index f405181..5eb7e55 100644 --- a/man/amflush.8 +++ b/man/amflush.8 @@ -1,77 +1,128 @@ -.\"Generated by db2man.xsl. Don't modify this, modify the source. -.de Sh \" Subsection -.br -.if t .Sp -.ne 5 -.PP -\fB\\$1\fR -.PP -.. -.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) -.if t .sp .5v -.if n .sp -.. -.de Ip \" List item -.br -.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3 -.el .ne 3 -.IP "\\$1" \\$2 -.. -.TH "AMFLUSH" 8 "" "" "" -.SH NAME -amflush \- flush Amanda backup files from holding disk to tape -.SH "SYNOPSIS" +'\" t +.\" Title: amflush +.\" Author: James da Silva +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 +.\" Date: 11/05/2009 +.\" Manual: System Administration Commands +.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "AMFLUSH" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l -.hy 0 -.HP 8 -\fBamflush\fR [\-b] [\-f] [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatestamp\fR...] \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] -.ad -.hy - +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +amflush \- flush \fIAmanda\fR backup files from holding disk to tape +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.HP \w'\fBamflush\fR\ 'u +\fBamflush\fR [\-b] [\-f] [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatestamp\fR] \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]... .SH "DESCRIPTION" - .PP -\fBAmflush\fR writes \fBAmanda\fR backups from the holding disks to tape, and updates the \fBAmanda\fR info database and tapelist accordingly\&. Backups may stay in a holding disk when something is wrong with the tape at the time \fBamdump\fR is run\&. When this happens, the problem must be corrected and \fBamflush\fR run by hand\&. - +\fBAmflush\fR +writes +\fIAmanda\fR +backups from the holding disks to tape, and updates the +\fIAmanda\fR +info database and +\fBtapelist\fR(5) +accordingly\&. Backups may stay in a holding disk when something is wrong with the tape at the time +\fBamdump\fR +is run\&. When this happens, the problem must be corrected and +\fBamflush\fR +run by hand\&. .SH "OPTIONS" - -.TP +.PP \fB\-b\fR -Run \fBamflush\fR in batch mode\&. All datestamps are selected unless specified\&. The flush is started without confirmation\&. - -.TP +.RS 4 +Run +\fBamflush\fR +in batch mode\&. All datestamps are selected unless specified\&. The flush is started without confirmation\&. +.RE +.PP \fB\-f\fR -Run \fBamflush\fR in foreground\&. \fBAmflush\fR normally detaches itself from the tty and runs as a background process\&. With the \fB\-f\fR option, \fBamflush\fR stays in the foreground\&. This is useful if \fBamflush\fR is run as part of another script that, for example, advances the tape after the flush is completed\&. - -.TP +.RS 4 +Run +\fBamflush\fR +in foreground\&. +\fBAmflush\fR +normally detaches itself from the tty and runs as a background process\&. With the +\fB\-f\fR +option, +\fBamflush\fR +stays in the foreground\&. This is useful if +\fBamflush\fR +is run as part of another script that, for example, advances the tape after the flush is completed\&. +.RE +.PP \fB\-s\fR -Write log to stdout/stderr instead of the amflush log file\&. Requires the \fB\-f\fR option\&. - -.TP +.RS 4 +Write log to stdout/stderr instead of the amflush log file\&. Requires the +\fB\-f\fR +option\&. +.RE +.PP \fB\-D datestamp\fR -specify a datestamp expression you want to flush, see the "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section of \fBamanda\fR(8) for a description\&. \fB\-D 20001225\-7\fR will flush all dumps from 25 december 2000 to 27 december 2000\&. - +.RS 4 +specify a datestamp expression you want to flush, see the "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section of +\fBamanda\fR(8) +for a description\&. +\fB\-D 20001225\-7\fR +will flush all dumps from 25 december 2000 to 27 december 2000\&. +.RE .PP -You can specify many host/disk expressions, only disks that match an expression will be flushed\&. All disks are flushed if no expressions are given\&. see the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section of \fBamanda\fR(8) for a description\&. - +\fIhost\fR [\fIdisk\fR]* +.RS 4 +Specify the host and disk on which the command will work\&. +.RE .PP -\fBAmflush\fR will look in the holding disks specified by the \fBamanda\&.conf\fR file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fBconfig\fR for any non\-empty \fBAmanda\fR work directories\&. It then prompts you to select a directory or to process all of the directories\&. The work directories in the holding disks are named by the date at the time \fBamdump\fR was run, e\&.g\&. 19910215\&. - +\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR +.RS 4 +See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in +\fBamanda\fR(8)\&. +.RE .PP -See the \fBamanda\fR(8) man page for more details about \fBAmanda\fR\&. - +You can specify many host/disk expressions, only disks that match an expression will be flushed\&. All disks are flushed if no expressions are given\&. see the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section of +\fBamanda\fR(8) +for a description\&. +.PP +\fBAmflush\fR +will look in the holding disks specified by the +\fIamanda\&.conf\fR +file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR +for any non\-empty +\fIAmanda\fR +work directories\&. It then prompts you to select a directory or to process all of the directories\&. The work directories in the holding disks are named by the date at the time +\fBamdump\fR +was run, e\&.g\&. +19910215\&. +.PP +See the +\fBamanda\fR(8) +man page for more details about +\fIAmanda\fR\&. .SH "EXAMPLE" - .PP -\fBAmflush\fR will search for holding areas associated with the \fBdaily\fR configuration\&. After you select which holding area to flush, \fBamflush\fR writes the data to tape, updates the databases and sends a mail report similar to \fBamdump\fR(8)\&. +\fBAmflush\fR +will search for holding areas associated with the +\fIdaily\fR +configuration\&. After you select which holding area to flush, +\fBamflush\fR +writes the data to tape, updates the databases and sends a mail report similar to +\fBamdump\fR(8)\&. .nf - -% amflush daily +% amflush MyConfig Scanning /amanda\-hold\&.\&.\&. - 20001113: found \fBAmanda\fR directory\&. - 20001114: found \fBAmanda\fR directory\&. + 20001113: found \fIAmanda\fR directory\&. + 20001114: found \fIAmanda\fR directory\&. -Multiple \fBAmanda\fR directories, please pick one by letter: +Multiple \fIAmanda\fR directories, please pick one by letter: A\&. 20001113 B\&. 20001114 Select directories to flush [A\&.\&.B]: [ALL] all @@ -82,19 +133,31 @@ to tape drive /dev/rmt/0mn\&. Expecting tape DMP014 or a new tape\&. (The last dumps were to tape DMP013) Are you sure you want to do this? yes Running in background, you can log off now\&. -You'll get mail when amflush is finished\&. +You\'ll get mail when amflush is finished\&. .fi - -.SH "AUTHOR" - .PP -James da Silva, : Original text - -.PP -Stefan G\&. Weichinger, , maintainer of the \fBAmanda\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion +The following example causes amflush to flush everything to tape, then ejects tape, using \'at\' to run the task in the background\&. +.nf +% echo \'amflush \-b \-f MyConfig && mt offline\' | at now +.fi +.SH "EXIT CODE" +The exit code of \fBamflush\fR is the ORed value of: +.nf + 0 = success + 1 = error + 4 = a dle failed + 8 = Don\'t 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), \fBamdump\fR(8) +\fBamanda\fR(8), +\fBamdump\fR(8), +: http://wiki.zmanda.com +.SH "AUTHORS" +.PP +\fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&> +.PP +\fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>