.\"     Title: amdevcheck
.\"    Author: 
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\"      Date: 08/22/2008
.\"    Manual: 
.\"    Source: 
.\"
.TH "AMDEVCHECK" "8" "08/22/2008" "" ""
.\" disable hyphenation
.nh
.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
.ad l
.SH "NAME"
amdevcheck - Validate an Amanda device and volume.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 11
\fBamdevcheck\fR \fIconfig\fR [\fIdevice\ name\fR] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

\fBAmdevcheck\fR
provides a way to check that a particular
\fIAmanda\fR
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\.
.PP
See the
\fBamanda\fR(8)
man page for more details about
\fIAmanda\fR\. See the
\fBOUTPUT DRIVERS\fR
section of
\fIamanda(8)\fR
for more information on the
\fIAmanda\fR
output drivers\.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fIconfig\fR
.RS 4

\fIAmanda\fR
configuration to use\. Note that
\fBamdevcheck\fR
ignores any tape changer configuration\.
.RE
.PP
\fI device\fR
.RS 4

\fIAmanda\fR
device to use\. This option overrides any tapedev configuration specified in the configuration file\.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-o\fR \fIclientconfigoption\fR
.RS 4
See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
\fBamanda\fR(8)\.
.RE
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Ian Turner
<ian@zmanda\.com>
and others\. Authorship of this tool and its documentation was funded by Zmanda, Inc\.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBamanda\fR(8),
\fBammt\fR(8),
: http://wiki.zmanda.com