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6 .\" Manual: System Administration Commands
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10 .TH "AMFLUSH" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands"
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22 amflush \- flush \fIAmanda\fR backup files from holding disk to tape
24 .HP \w'\fBamflush\fR\ 'u
25 \fBamflush\fR [\-b] [\-f] [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatestamp\fR] \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
31 backups from the holding disks to tape, and updates the
35 accordingly\&. Backups may stay in a holding disk when something is wrong with the tape at the time
37 is run\&. When this happens, the problem must be corrected and
46 in batch mode\&. All datestamps are selected unless specified\&. The flush is started without confirmation\&.
55 normally detaches itself from the tty and runs as a background process\&. With the
59 stays in the foreground\&. This is useful if
61 is run as part of another script that, for example, advances the tape after the flush is completed\&.
66 Write log to stdout/stderr instead of the amflush log file\&. Requires the
73 specify a datestamp expression you want to flush, see the "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section of
77 will flush all dumps from 25 december 2000 to 27 december 2000\&.
80 \fIhost\fR [\fIdisk\fR]*
82 Specify the host and disk on which the command will work\&.
85 \fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
87 See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
91 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
96 will look in the holding disks specified by the
98 file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR
101 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
108 man page for more details about
113 will search for holding areas associated with the
115 configuration\&. After you select which holding area to flush,
117 writes the data to tape, updates the databases and sends a mail report similar to
121 Scanning /amanda\-hold\&.\&.\&.
122 20001113: found \fIAmanda\fR directory\&.
123 20001114: found \fIAmanda\fR directory\&.
125 Multiple \fIAmanda\fR directories, please pick one by letter:
128 Select directories to flush [A\&.\&.B]: [ALL] all
130 Flushing dumps in 20001113, 20001114,
132 to tape drive /dev/rmt/0mn\&.
133 Expecting tape DMP014 or a new tape\&. (The last dumps were to tape DMP013)
134 Are you sure you want to do this? yes
135 Running in background, you can log off now\&.
136 You\'ll get mail when amflush is finished\&.
139 The following example causes amflush to flush everything to tape, then ejects tape, using \'at\' to run the task in the background\&.
141 % echo \'amflush \-b \-f MyConfig && mt offline\' | at now
145 The exit code of \fBamflush\fR is the ORed value of:
150 8 = Don\'t know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report)
151 16 = tape error or no more tape
158 : http://wiki.zmanda.com
161 \fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
163 \fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>