<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>amdevcheck</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ &rmi.source;
+ &rmi.version;
+ &rmi.manual.8;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>amdevcheck</refname>
<refpurpose>Validate an &A; device and volume.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ &author.ian;
+ </refentryinfo>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<para>See the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- man page for more details about &A;.
- See the
- <emphasis remap='B'>OUTPUT DRIVERS</emphasis>
- section of
- <emphasis remap='I'>amanda(8)</emphasis>
- for more information on the &A; output drivers.
+ man page for more details about &A;. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda-devices</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more information on devices.
</para>
</refsect1>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
- <para>
- Ian Turner <email>ian@zmanda.com</email> and others. Authorship of this
- tool and its documentation was funded by Zmanda, Inc.
- </para>
+ <refsect1><title>OUTPUT</title>
+ <emphasis remap='B'>Amdevcheck</emphasis> returns one or more of the following lines. If multiple lines appear, then at least one, but not necessarily all of
+the messages apply. This situation can occur when working with hardware or
+operating systems which cannot distinguish, for example, between a
+malfunctioning drive and a functional but unloaded drive.
+<!-- .RS -->
+ <variablelist remap='TP'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>SUCCESS</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>A tape is ready.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>DEVICE_ERROR</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>A device error has occurred.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>DEVICE_BUSY</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>The device is busy.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>VOLUME_MISSING</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>No tape is loaded in the drive.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>VOLUME_UNLABELED</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>The tape in the drive is unlabeled.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>VOLUME_ERROR</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>A volume error has occurred.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>MESSAGE</emphasis> <emphasis remap='I'>text</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem><para>Where text provides a human-readable description of the problem.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>