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  11 <refentry id='amdump.8'>
  12
  13 <refmeta>
  14 <refentrytitle>amdump</refentrytitle>
  15 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  16 </refmeta>
  17 <refnamediv>
  18 <refname>amdump</refname>
  19 <refpurpose>back up all disks in an &A; configuration</refpurpose>
  20 </refnamediv>
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  22 <refsynopsisdiv>
  23 <cmdsynopsis>
  24   <command>amdump</command>
  25     <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>config</replaceable></arg>
  26     <group><arg choice='plain'><replaceable>host</replaceable></arg><arg choice='opt'><replaceable>disk</replaceable></arg>*</group>*
  27     <group><arg choice='plain'>-o</arg><arg choice='plain'><replaceable>configoption</replaceable></arg></group>*
  28 </cmdsynopsis>
  29 </refsynopsisdiv>
  30
  31
  32 <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  33 <para><emphasis remap='B'>Amdump</emphasis>
  34 switches to the appropriate &A; configuration directory,
  35 e.g. /usr/local/etc/amanda/<emphasis remap='I'>config</emphasis>,
  36 then attempts to back up every disk specified by the
  37 <emphasis remap='I'>amanda.conf</emphasis>
  38 file.
  39 <emphasis remap='B'>Amdump</emphasis>
  40 is normally run by
  41 <emphasis remap='B'>cron</emphasis>.</para>
  42
  43 <para>You can specify many host/disk expressions, only disks that
  44 match an expression will be dumped. All disks are dumped if no
  45 expressions are given.</para>
  46
  47 <para>If the file /usr/local/etc/amanda/<emphasis remap='I'>config</emphasis>/hold exists,
  48 <command>amdump</command>
  49 will wait until it is removed before starting the backups.
  50 This allows scheduled backups to be delayed when circumstances warrant, for example,
  51 if the tape device is being used for some other purpose.
  52 While waiting,
  53 <command>amdump</command>
  54 checks for the hold file every minute.</para>
  55
  56 <para>See the
  57 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  58 man page for more details about &A;.</para>
  59 </refsect1>
  60
  61 <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
  62 <variablelist remap='TP'>
  63
  64   <varlistentry>
  65   <term><replaceable>host</replaceable> [<replaceable>disk</replaceable>]*</term>
  66   <listitem>
  67 <para>Specify the host and disk on which the command will work.</para>
  68   </listitem>
  69   </varlistentry>
  70
  71   <varlistentry>
  72   <term><emphasis remap='B'>-o</emphasis> <replaceable>configoption</replaceable></term>
  73   <listitem>
  74 <para>See the "<emphasis remap='B'>CONFIGURATION OVERWRITE</emphasis>" section in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  75   </listitem>
  76   </varlistentry>
  77
  78 </variablelist>
  79 </refsect1>
  80
  81 <refsect1><title>EXAMPLE</title>
  82 <para>Here is a typical crontab entry. It runs
  83 <command>amdump</command>
  84 every weeknight at 1 a.m. as user
  85 <emphasis remap='B'>bin</emphasis>:</para>
  86
  87 <programlisting>
  88 0 1 * * 1-5 bin /usr/local/sbin/amdump daily
  89 </programlisting>
  90
  91 <para>Please see the
  92 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crontab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  93 or
  94 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crontab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  95 manual page for the correct crontab format for your system.</para>
  96 </refsect1>
  97
  98 <refsect1><title>MESSAGES</title>
  99 <variablelist remap='TP'>
 100   <varlistentry>
 101   <term>amdump: waiting for hold file to be removed</term>
 102   <listitem>
 103 <para>The &quot;hold&quot; file exists and &amdump; is waiting for it to be removed
 104 before starting backups.</para>
 105   </listitem>
 106   </varlistentry>
 107   <varlistentry>
 108   <term>amdump: amdump or amflush is already running, or you must run amcleanup</term>
 109   <listitem>
 110 <para>Amdump detected another &amdump; or &amflush; running,
 111 or the remains of a previous incomplete &amdump; or &amflush; run.
 112 This run is terminated.
 113 If the problem is caused by the remains of a previous run,
 114 you must execute
 115 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amcleanup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 116 and then rerun
 117 <command>amdump</command>.</para>
 118   </listitem>
 119   </varlistentry>
 120 </variablelist>
 121 </refsect1>
 122
 123 <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
 124 <para>James da Silva, &email.jds; : Original text</para>
 125 <para>&maintainer.sgw;: XML-conversion</para>
 126 </refsect1>
 127
 128 <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
 129 <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 130 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amcheck</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 131 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amcleanup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 132 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amrestore</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 133 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amflush</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 134 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cron</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
 135 </refsect1>
 136 </refentry>
 137