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-.TH "AMDUMP" 8 "" "" ""
-.SH NAME
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+.\" Title: amdump
+.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 10/18/2010
+.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.2.0
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "AMDUMP" "8" "10/18/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
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+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
amdump \- back up all disks in an Amanda configuration
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.ad l
-.hy 0
-.HP 7
-\fBamdump\fR \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...]
-.ad
-.hy
-
+.HP \w'\fBamdump\fR\ 'u
+\fBamdump\fR \fIconfig\fR [\fB\-\-no\-taper\fR] [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-
.PP
-\fBAmdump\fR switches to the appropriate \fBAmanda\fR configuration directory, e\&.g\&. /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fBconfig\fR, then attempts to back up every disk specified by the \fBamanda\&.conf\fR file\&. \fBAmdump\fR is normally run by \fBcron\fR\&.
-
+\fBAmdump\fR
+is the main interface to the Amanda backup process\&. It loads the specified configuration and attempts to back up every disk specified by the
+\fBdisklist\fR(5)\&.
+\fBAmdump\fR
+is normally run by
+\fBcron\fR\&.
.PP
-You can specify many host/disk expressions, only disks that match an expression will be dumped\&. All disks are dumped if no expressions are given\&.
-
+The command optionally takes a set of DLE specifications (see
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)) to narrow the DLEs that will be dumped\&. All disks are dumped if no expressions are given\&.
.PP
-If the file /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fBconfig\fR/hold exists, \fBamdump\fR will wait until it is removed before starting the backups\&. This allows scheduled backups to be delayed when circumstances warrant, for example, if the tape device is being used for some other purpose\&. While waiting, \fBamdump\fR checks for the hold file every minute\&.
-
+If a file named
+hold
+exists in the configuration directory,
+\fBamdump\fR
+will wait until it is removed before starting the backups\&. This allows scheduled backups to be delayed when circumstances warrant, for example, if the tape device is being used for some other purpose\&. While waiting,
+\fBamdump\fR
+checks for the hold file every minute\&.
.PP
-See the \fBamanda\fR(8) man page for more details about \fBAmanda\fR\&.
-
+In some cases it is desirable to dump all Amanda clients to holding disk without writing anything to storage media\&. The
+\fB\-\-no\-taper\fR
+option instructs Amanda to not start the taper, and thus enter degraded mode immediately\&.
+.PP
+See the
+\fBamanda\fR(8)
+man page for more details about Amanda\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\fIhost\fR [\fIdisk\fR]*
+.RS 4
+Specify the host and disk on which the command will work \-\- see the description of DLE specifications in
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in
+\fBamanda\fR(8)\&.
+.RE
.SH "EXAMPLE"
-
.PP
-Here is a typical crontab entry\&. It runs \fBamdump\fR every weeknight at 1 a\&.m\&. as user \fBbin\fR:
+Here is a typical crontab entry\&. It runs
+\fBamdump\fR
+every weeknight at 1 a\&.m\&. as user
+\fBbin\fR:
.nf
-
0 1 * * 1\-5 bin /usr/local/sbin/amdump daily
.fi
-
.PP
-Please see the \fBcrontab\fR(5) or \fBcrontab\fR(1) manual page for the correct crontab format for your system\&.
-
+Please see the
+\fBcrontab\fR(5)
+or
+\fBcrontab\fR(1)
+manual page for the correct crontab format for your system\&.
.SH "MESSAGES"
-
-.TP
+.PP
amdump: waiting for hold file to be removed
-The "hold" file exists and \fBamdump\fR is waiting for it to be removed before starting backups\&.
-
-.TP
+.RS 4
+The "hold" file exists and
+\fBamdump\fR
+is waiting for it to be removed before starting backups\&.
+.RE
+.PP
amdump: amdump or amflush is already running, or you must run amcleanup
-Amdump detected another \fBamdump\fR or \fBamflush\fR running, or the remains of a previous incomplete \fBamdump\fR or \fBamflush\fR run\&. This run is terminated\&. If the problem is caused by the remains of a previous run, you must execute \fBamcleanup\fR(8) and then rerun \fBamdump\fR\&.
-
-.SH "AUTHOR"
-
+.RS 4
+Amdump detected another
+\fBamdump\fR
+or
+\fBamflush\fR
+running, or the remains of a previous incomplete
+\fBamdump\fR
+or
+\fBamflush\fR
+run\&. This run is terminated\&. If the problem is caused by the remains of a previous run, you must execute
+\fBamcleanup\fR(8)
+and then rerun
+\fBamdump\fR\&.
+.RE
+.SH "EXIT CODE"
+
+The exit code of \fBamdump\fR is the ORed value of:
+.nf
+ 0 = success
+ 1 = error
+ 2 = a dle give strange message
+ 4 = a dle failed
+ 8 = Don\'t know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report)
+ 16 = tape error or no more tape
+.fi
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-James da Silva, <jds@amanda\&.org> : Original text
-
+\fBamanda\fR(8),
+\fBamcheck\fR(8),
+\fBamcleanup\fR(8),
+\fBamrestore\fR(8),
+\fBamflush\fR(8),
+\fBcron\fR(8),
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)
.PP
-Stefan G\&. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda\&.org>, maintainer of the \fBAmanda\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion
-
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-
+The Amanda Wiki:
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
+.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
-\fBamanda\fR(8), \fBamcheck\fR(8), \fBamcleanup\fR(8), \fBamrestore\fR(8), \fBamflush\fR(8), \fBcron\fR(8)
-
+\fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
+.PP
+\fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>
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