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+.TH "AMRESTORE" 8 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
-amrestore \- extract backup images from an Amanda tape
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B amrestore
-[
-.B \-r
-|
-.B \-c
-|
-.B \-C
-]
-[
-.B \-b
-.I blocksize
-]
-[
-.B \-f
-.I fileno
-]
-[
-.B \-l
-.I label
-]
-[
-.B \-p
-]
-[
-.B \-h
-]
-.I tapedevice
-|
-.I holdingfile
-[
-.I hostname
-[
-.I diskname
-[
-.I datestamp
-[
-.I hostname
-[
-.I diskname
-[
-.I datestamp
-\&...
-]]]]]]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B Amrestore
-extracts backup images from the tape mounted on
-.I tapedevice
-or from the holding disk file
-.I holdingfile
-that match
-.IR hostname ,
-.I diskname
-and
-.I datestamp
-patterns given on the command line.
-The tape or holding file must be in a format written by the
-.B amdump
-or
-.B amflush
-program.
-.LP
-If
-.I diskname
-is not specified, all backups on the tape for the previous
-.I hostname
-are candidates.
-If
-.I datestamp
-is not specified, all backups on the tape for the previous
-.I hostname
-and
-.I diskname
-are candidates.
-If no
-.IR hostname ,
-.I diskname
-or
-.I datestamp
-are specified, every backup on the tape is a candidate.
-.LP
-.I Hostname
-and
-.I diskname
-are special expression descibe in the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section
-of
-.IR amanda (8).
-.I Datestamp
-are special expression describe in the "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section
-of
-.IR amanda (8).
-For example, if
-.I diskname
-is "rz[23]a", it would match disks
-.B rz2a
-and
-.BR rz3a .
-.LP
-.I Datestamp
-is useful if
-.B amflush
-writes multiple backup runs to a single tape.
+amrestore \- extract backup images from an AMANDA tape
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.ad l
+.hy 0
+.HP 10
+\fBamrestore\fR [\fB\-r\fR | \fB\-c\fR | \fB\-C\fR] [\-b\ \fIblocksize\fR] [\-f\ \fIfileno\fR] [\-l\ \fIlabel\fR] [\-p] [\-h] \fB\fItapedevice\fR\fR | \fB\fIholdingfile\fR\fR | \fB\fIhostname\fR\ [\fIdiskname\fR\ [\fIdatestamp\fR\ [\fIhostname\fR\ [\fIdiskname\fR\ [\fIdatestamp\fR...]]]]]\fR
+.ad
+.hy
+
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+
+.PP
+\fBAmrestore\fR extracts backup images from the tape mounted on \fBtapedevice\fR or from the holding disk file \fBholdingfile\fR that match \fBhostname\fR, \fBdiskname\fR and \fBdatestamp\fR patterns given on the command line\&. The tape or holding file must be in a format written by the \fBamdump\fR or \fBamflush\fR program\&.
+
+.PP
+If \fBdiskname\fR is not specified, all backups on the tape for the previous \fBhostname\fR are candidates\&. If \fBdatestamp\fR is not specified, all backups on the tape for the previous \fBhostname\fR and \fBdiskname\fR are candidates\&. If no \fBhostname\fR, \fBdiskname\fR or \fBdatestamp\fR are specified, every backup on the tape is a candidate\&.
+
.PP
-Unless
-.B \-p
-is used,
-candidate backup images are extracted to files
-in the current directory named:
-.LP
-.RS
-.I hostname.diskname.datestamp.dumplevel
-.RE
+\fBHostname\fR and \fBdiskname\fR are special expressions described in the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section of \fBamanda\fR(8)\&. \fBDatestamp\fR are special expression described in the "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section of \fBamanda\fR(8)\&. For example, if \fBdiskname\fR is "rz[23]a", it would match disks \fBrz2a\fR and \fBrz3a\fR\&.
+
.PP
-Amrestore doesn't use a changer, it restore from the tape already loaded
-in the
-.I tapedevice.
-.SH OPTIONS
+\fBDatestamp\fR is useful if \fBamflush\fR writes multiple backup runs to a single tape\&.
+
+.PP
+Unless \fB\-p\fR is used, candidate backup images are extracted to files in the current directory named:
+
+.PP
+\fBhostname\&.diskname\&.datestamp\&.dumplevel\fR
+
+.PP
+Amrestore doesn't use a changer, it restore from the tape already loaded in the \fBtapedevice\&.\fR
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+
.TP
-.B \-b
-Set the blocksize used to read the tape or holding file.
-All holding files must be read with a blocksize of 32 KBytes.
-.B Amrestore
-should normally be able to determine the blocksize for tapes
-on its own and not need this parameter.
-.IP
-The default is 32 KBytes.
+\fB\-b\fR
+Set the blocksize used to read the tape or holding file\&. All holding files must be read with a blocksize of 32 KBytes\&. \fBAmrestore\fR should normally be able to determine the blocksize for tapes on its own and not need this parameter\&.
+
+.PP
+The default is 32 KBytes\&.
+
.TP
-.B \-f
-Do a rewind followed by a fsf <fileno> before trying to restore an image.
+\fB\-f\fR
+Do a rewind followed by a fsf <fileno> before trying to restore an image\&.
+
.TP
-.B \-l
-Check if we restoring from the tape with the right
-.I label
+\fB\-l\fR
+Check if we restoring from the tape with the right \fBlabel\fR
+
.TP
-.B \-p
-Pipe output.
-The first matching backup image is sent to standard output,
-which is normally a pipe to
-.B restore
-or
-.BR tar ,
-then
-.B amrestore
-quits.
-It may be run again to continue selecting backups to process.
-Make sure you specify the no-rewind
-.I tapedevice
-when doing this.
-.IP
-Note:
-.B restore
-may report "short read" errors when reading from a pipe.
-Most versions of
-.B restore
-support a blocking factor option to let you set the read block size,
-and you should set it to 2.
-See the example below.
+\fB\-p\fR
+Pipe output\&. The first matching backup image is sent to standard output, which is normally a pipe to \fBrestore\fR or \fBtar\fR, then \fBamrestore\fR quits\&. It may be run again to continue selecting backups to process\&. Make sure you specify the no\-rewind \fBtapedevice\fR when doing this\&.
+
+.PP
+Note: \fBrestore\fR may report "short read" errors when reading from a pipe\&. Most versions of \fBrestore\fR support a blocking factor option to let you set the read block size, and you should set it to 2\&. See the example below\&.
+
.TP
-.B \-c
-Compress output using the fastest method the compression program provides.
-.B Amrestore
-normally writes output files in a format understood by
-.B restore
-or
-.BR tar ,
-even if the backups on the tape are compressed.
-With the
-.B \-c
-or
-.B \-C
-option,
-.B amrestore
-writes all files in compressed format,
-even if the backups on the tape are not compressed.
-Output file names will have a
-.I .Z
-or
-.I .gz
-extension depending on whether
-.B compress
-or
-.B gzip
-is the preferred compression program.
-This option is useful when the current directory disk is small.
+\fB\-c\fR
+Compress output using the fastest method the compression program provides\&. \fBAmrestore\fR normally writes output files in a format understood by \fBrestore\fR or \fBtar\fR, even if the backups on the tape are compressed\&. With the \fB\-c\fR or \fB\-C\fR option, \fBamrestore\fR writes all files in compressed format, even if the backups on the tape are not compressed\&. Output file names will have a \&.Z or \&.gz extension depending on whether \fBcompress\fR or \fBgzip\fR is the preferred compression program\&. This option is useful when the current directory disk is small\&.
+
.TP
-.B \-C
-Compress output using the best method the compression program provides
-(may be very CPU intensive).
-See the notes above about the
-.B \-c
-option.
+\fB\-C\fR
+Compress output using the best method the compression program provides (may be very CPU intensive)\&. See the notes above about the \fB\-c\fR option\&.
+
.TP
-.B \-r
-Raw output.
-Backup images are output exactly as they are on the tape,
-including the
-.B amdump
-headers.
-Output file names will have a
-.I .RAW
-extension.
-This option is only useful for debugging and other strange circumstances.
+\fB\-r\fR
+Raw output\&. Backup images are output exactly as they are on the tape, including the \fBamdump\fR headers\&. Output file names will have a \&.RAW extension\&. This option is only useful for debugging and other strange circumstances\&.
+
.TP
-.B \-h
-Header output.
-The tape header block is output at the beginning of each file.
-This is like
-.B \-r
-except
-.B \-c
-or
-.B \-C
-may also be used to compress the result.
-.B Amrecover
-uses the header to determine the restore program to use.
-.LP
-If a header is written (\-r or \-h),
-only 32 KBytes are output regardless of the tape blocksize.
-This makes the resulting image usable as a holding file.
-.SH EXAMPLES
-The following does an interactive restore of disk
-.I rz3g
-from host
-.IR seine ,
-to restore particular files.
-Note the use of the
-.B b
-option to
-.BR restore ,
-which causes it to read in units of two 512-byte blocks (1 Kbyte)
-at a time.
-This helps keep it from complaining about short reads.
-.LP
-.RS
-.EX
+\fB\-h\fR
+Header output\&. The tape header block is output at the beginning of each file\&. This is like \fB\-r\fR except \fB\-c\fR or \fB\-C\fR may also be used to compress the result\&. \fBAmrecover\fR uses the header to determine the restore program to use\&.
+
+.PP
+If a header is written (\-r or \-h), only 32 KBytes are output regardless of the tape blocksize\&. This makes the resulting image usable as a holding file\&.
+
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+
+.PP
+The following does an interactive restore of disk \fBrz3g\fR from host \fBseine\fR, to restore particular files\&. Note the use of the \fBb\fR option to \fBrestore\fR, which causes it to read in units of two 512\-byte blocks (1 Kbyte) at a time\&. This helps keep it from complaining about short reads\&.
+
+.nf
+
% amrestore \-p /dev/nrmt9 seine rz3g | restore \-ivbf 2 \-
-.EE
-.RE
-.LP
-The next example extracts all backup images for host
-.IR seine .
-This is the usual way to extract all data for a host after a disk crash.
-.LP
-.RS
-.EX
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+The next example extracts all backup images for host \fBseine\fR\&. This is the usual way to extract all data for a host after a disk crash\&.
+
+.nf
+
% amrestore /dev/nrmt9 seine
-.EE
-.RE
-.LP
-If the backup datestamp in the above example is
-.I 19910125
-and
-.I seine
-has level 0 backups of disks
-.I rz1a
-and
-.I rz1g
-on the tape,
-these files will be created in the current directory:
-.LP
-.RS
-.EX
-seine.rz1a.19910125.0
-seine.rz1g.19910125.0
-.EE
-.RE
-.LP
-You may also use
-.B amrestore
-to extract a backup image from a holding disk
-file that has not yet been flushed to tape:
-.LP
-.RS
-.EX
-% amrestore \-p /amanda/20001119/seine.rz1a.2 | restore \-ivbf 2 \-
-.EE
-.RE
-.LP
-.B Amrestore
-may be used to generate a listing of images on a tape:
-.LP
-.RS
-.EX
-% mt -f /dev/nrmt9 rewind
-% amrestore \-p /dev/nrmt9 no-such-host > /dev/null
-.EE
-.RE
-.LP
-This asks
-.B amrestore
-to find images for host
-.BR no-such-host .
-It will not find any entries that match, but along the way will report
-each image it skips.
-.SH CAVEATS
-.LP
-GNU tar must be used to restore files from backup images created with
-the GNUTAR dumptype.
-Vendor tar programs sometimes fail to read GNU tar images.
-.SH AUTHOR
-James da Silva <jds@cs.umd.edu>
-.br
-University of Maryland, College Park
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+If the backup datestamp in the above example is 19910125 and \fBseine\fR has level 0 backups of disks \fBrz1a\fR and \fBrz1g\fR on the tape, these files will be created in the current directory:
+
+.nf
+
+seine\&.rz1a\&.19910125\&.0
+seine\&.rz1g\&.19910125\&.0
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+You may also use \fBamrestore\fR to extract a backup image from a holding disk file that has not yet been flushed to tape:
+
+.nf
+
+% amrestore \-p /amanda/20001119/seine\&.rz1a\&.2 | restore \-ivbf 2 \-
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+\fBAmrestore\fR may be used to generate a listing of images on a tape:
+
+.nf
+
+% mt \-f /dev/nrmt9 rewind
+% amrestore \-p /dev/nrmt9 no\-such\-host > /dev/null
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+This asks \fBamrestore\fR to find images for host \fBno\-such\-host\fR\&. It will not find any entries that match, but along the way will report each image it skips\&.
+
+.SH "CAVEATS"
+
+.PP
+\fBGNU\-tar\fR must be used to restore files from backup images created with the GNUTAR dumptype\&. Vendor tar programs sometimes fail to read GNU tar images\&.
+
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+
+.PP
+James da Silva, <jds@amanda\&.org>, University of Maryland, College Park: Original text
+
+.PP
+Stefan G\&. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda\&.org>, maintainer of the \fBAMANDA\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion
+
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-amanda(8),
-amdump(8),
-amflush(8),
-tar(1)
-restore(8)
+
+.PP
+\fBamanda\fR(8), \fBamdump\fR(8), \fBamflush\fR(8), \fBtar\fR(1) \fBrestore\fR(8)
+
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