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Name
-amflush \14 flush AMANDA backup files from holding disk to tape
+amflush \14 flush Amanda backup files from holding disk to tape
Synopsis
-amflush [-b ] [-f ] [-s ] [ -D datestamp ...] config [ host [disk...]...]
+amflush [-b] [-f] [-s] [ -D | datestamp ]* config [ host | [disk]*]* [ -o |
+configoption ]*
DESCRIPTION
-Amflush writes AMANDA backups from the holding disks to tape, and updates the
-AMANDA info database and tapelist accordingly. Backups may stay in a holding
+Amflush writes Amanda backups from the holding disks to tape, and updates the
+Amanda info database and tapelist accordingly. Backups may stay in a holding
disk when something is wrong with the tape at the time amdump is run. When this
happens, the problem must be corrected and amflush run by hand.
EXPRESSION" section of amanda(8) for a description. -D 20001225-7 will
flush all dumps from 25 december 2000 to 27 december 2000.
+ host [disk]*
+ Specify the host and disk on which the command will work.
+
+ -o configoption
+ See the "CONFIGURATION OVERWRITE" section in amanda(8).
+
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 amanda(8) for a description.
Amflush will look in the holding disks specified by the amanda.conf file in /
-usr/local/etc/amanda/config for any non-empty AMANDA work directories. It then
+usr/local/etc/amanda/config for any non-empty Amanda 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 amdump
was run, e.g. 19910215.
-See the amanda(8) man page for more details about AMANDA.
+See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
EXAMPLE
% amflush daily
Scanning /amanda-hold...
- 20001113: found AMANDA directory.
- 20001114: found AMANDA directory.
+ 20001113: found Amanda directory.
+ 20001114: found Amanda directory.
- Multiple AMANDA directories, please pick one by letter:
+ Multiple Amanda directories, please pick one by letter:
A. 20001113
B. 20001114
Select directories to flush [A..B]: [ALL] all
AUTHOR
James da Silva, <jds@amanda.org> : Original text
-Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the AMANDA-documentation:
+Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the Amanda-documentation:
XML-conversion
SEE ALSO
amanda(8), amdump(8)
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