.\" Title: amadmin
.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 11/05/2009
+.\" Date: 06/01/2010
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.1.0
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMADMIN" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMADMIN" "8" "06/01/2010" "Amanda 3\&.1\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
-amadmin \- administrative interface to control \fIAmanda\fR backups
+amadmin \- administrative interface to control Amanda backups
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamadmin\fR\ 'u
-\fBamadmin\fR \fIconfig\fR \fIcommand\fR [\fIcommand_options\fR...] [\fB\-o\ \fR\fIconfigoption\fR]...
+\fBamadmin\fR \fIconfig\fR \fIcommand\fR [\fIcommand_options\fR...] [{\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR}...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBAmadmin\fR
performs various administrative tasks on the
\fIconfig\fR
-\fIAmanda\fR
-configuration\&.
+Amanda configuration\&.
.PP
See the
\fBamanda\fR(8)
-man page for more details about
-\fIAmanda\fR\&.
+man page for more details about Amanda\&.
.SH "COMMANDS"
.PP
Commands that take a
parameter must be present but is ignored\&.
.RE
.PP
+\fBestimate\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]*
+.RS 4
+Print the server estimate for the dles, each output lines have the following format:
+.nf
+ hostname diskname level size
+.fi
+.PP
+hostname
+.RS 4
+The quoted hostname
+.RE
+.PP
+diskname
+.RS 4
+The quoted diskname
+.RE
+.PP
+level
+.RS 4
+The level of the estimate
+.RE
+.PP
+size
+.RS 4
+The estimate size in kbytes
+.RE
+.RE
+.PP
\fBforce\-bump\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]+
.RS 4
Force the
\fIdisks\fR
on
\fIhostname\fR
-to bump to a new incremental level during the next
-\fIAmanda\fR
-run\&.
+to bump to a new incremental level during the next Amanda run\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBforce\-no\-bump\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]+
\fIdisks\fR
on
\fIhostname\fR
-to not bump to a new incremental level during the next
-\fIAmanda\fR
-run\&.
+to not bump to a new incremental level during the next Amanda run\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBunforce\-bump\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]+
\fIdisks\fR
on
\fIhostname\fR
-to do a full (level 0) backup during the next
-\fIAmanda\fR
-run\&.
+to do a full (level 0) backup during the next Amanda run\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBunforce\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]+
The tapes listed will not be reused when their turn comes up again in the tape cycle\&. Note that if this causes the number of reusable tapes to drop below the
\fBamanda\&.conf\fR
\fItapecycle\fR
-value,
-\fIAmanda\fR
-will request new tapes until the count is satisfied again\&.
+value, Amanda will request new tapes until the count is satisfied again\&.
.sp
Tape marked
\fIno\-reuse\fR
\fIdisks\fR
on
\fIhostname\fR
-from the
-\fIAmanda\fR
-database\&.
+from the Amanda database\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.br
If you do not also remove the disk from the
\fBdisklist\fR(5)
-file,
-\fIAmanda\fR
-will treat it as a new disk during the next run\&.
+file, Amanda will treat it as a new disk during the next run\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
.RE
.PP
\fBtape\fR
.RS 4
-Display the tape(s)
-\fIAmanda\fR
-expects to write to during the next run\&. See also
+Display the tape(s) Amanda expects to write to during the next run\&. See also
\fBamcheck\fR(8)\&.
.RE
.PP
.PP
\fBexport\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]*
.RS 4
-Convert records from the
-\fIAmanda\fR
-database to a text format that may be transmitted to another
-\fIAmanda\fR
-machine and
+Convert records from the Amanda database to a text format that may be transmitted to another Amanda machine and
\fBimport\fRed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBimport\fR
.RS 4
Convert
-\fBexport\fRed records read from standard input to a form
-\fIAmanda\fR
-uses and insert them into the database on this machine\&.
+\fBexport\fRed records read from standard input to a form Amanda uses and insert them into the database on this machine\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBdisklist\fR [ \fIhostname\fR [ \fIdisks\fR ]* ]*
(or all hosts)\&. Mostly used for debugging\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
+\fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR
.RS 4
-See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
+See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in
\fBamanda\fR(8)\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Request three specific file systems on
\fImachine\-a\fR
-get a full level 0 backup during the next
-\fIAmanda\fR
-run\&.
+get a full level 0 backup during the next Amanda run\&.
.nf
$ amadmin daily force machine\-a / /var /usr
amadmin: machine\-a:/ is set to a forced level 0 tonight\&.
.PP
Request all file systems on
\fImachine\-b\fR
-get a full level 0 backup during the next
-\fIAmanda\fR
-run\&.
+get a full level 0 backup during the next Amanda run\&.
.nf
$ amadmin daily force machine\-b
amadmin: machine\-b:/ is set to a forced level 0 tonight\&.
disk on
\fImachine\-d\fR\&. If you do not also remove the disk from the
\fBdisklist\fR(5)
-file,
-\fIAmanda\fR
-will treat it as a new disk during the next run\&.
+file, Amanda will treat it as a new disk during the next run\&.
.nf
$ amadmin daily delete machine\-d /workspace
amadmin: machine\-d:/workspace deleted from database\&.
amadmin: NOTE: you\'ll have to remove these from the \fBdisklist\fR(5) yourself\&.
.fi
.PP
-Find the next tape
-\fIAmanda\fR
-will use (in this case,
+Find the next tape Amanda will use (in this case,
123456)\&.
.nf
$ amadmin daily tape
-The next \fIAmanda\fR run should go onto tape 123456 or a new tape\&.
+The next Amanda run should go onto tape 123456 or a new tape\&.
.fi
.PP
Show how well full backups are balanced across the dump cycle\&. The
.PP
The
\fIbalance\fR
-column shows how far off that night\'s backups are from the average size (shown at the bottom of the balance column)\&.
-\fIAmanda\fR
-tries to keep the backups within +/\- 5%, but since the amount of data on each filesystem is always changing, and
-\fIAmanda\fR
-will never delay backups just to rebalance the schedule, it is common for the schedule to fluctuate by larger percentages\&. In particular, in the case of a tape or backup failure, a bump will occur the following night, which will not be smoothed out until the next pass through the schedule\&.
-.PP
-The last line also shows an estimate of how many
-\fIAmanda\fR
-runs will be made between full backups for a file system\&. In the example, a file system will probably have a full backup done every eight times
-\fIAmanda\fR
-is run (e\&.g\&. every eight days)\&.
+column shows how far off that night\'s backups are from the average size (shown at the bottom of the balance column)\&. Amanda tries to keep the backups within +/\- 5%, but since the amount of data on each filesystem is always changing, and Amanda will never delay backups just to rebalance the schedule, it is common for the schedule to fluctuate by larger percentages\&. In particular, in the case of a tape or backup failure, a bump will occur the following night, which will not be smoothed out until the next pass through the schedule\&.
+.PP
+The last line also shows an estimate of how many Amanda runs will be made between full backups for a file system\&. In the example, a file system will probably have a full backup done every eight times Amanda is run (e\&.g\&. every eight days)\&.
.nf
$ amadmin daily balance
due\-date #fs orig KB out KB balance
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBamanda\fR(8),
+\fBamanda\fR(8),
\fBamcheck\fR(8),
\fBamdump\fR(8),
\fBamrestore\fR(8),
-\fBamfetchdump\fR(8),
-: http://wiki.zmanda.com
+\fBamfetchdump\fR(8)
+.PP
+The Amanda Wiki:
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
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