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NAME

6       amdump - back up all disks in an Amanda configuration
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SYNOPSIS

9       amdump config [host [disk...]...] [{-o configoption}...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Amdump switches to the appropriate Amanda configuration directory, e.g.
13       /usr/local/etc/amanda/config, then attempts to back up every disk
14       specified by the amanda.conf file.  Amdump is normally run by cron.
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16       You can specify many host/disk expressions, only disks that match an
17       expression will be dumped. All disks are dumped if no expressions are
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20       If the file /usr/local/etc/amanda/config/hold exists, amdump will wait
21       until it is removed before starting the backups. This allows scheduled
22       backups to be delayed when circumstances warrant, for example, if the
23       tape device is being used for some other purpose. While waiting, amdump
24       checks for the hold file every minute.
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26       See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
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OPTIONS

29       host [disk]*
30           Specify the host and disk on which the command will work.
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32       -o configoption
33           See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in amanda(8).
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EXAMPLE

36       Here is a typical crontab entry. It runs amdump every weeknight at 1
37       a.m. as user bin:
38       0 1 * * 1-5 bin /usr/local/sbin/amdump daily
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40       Please see the crontab(5) or crontab(1) manual page for the correct
41       crontab format for your system.
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MESSAGES

44       amdump: waiting for hold file to be removed
45           The "hold" file exists and amdump is waiting for it to be removed
46           before starting backups.
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48       amdump: amdump or amflush is already running, or you must run amcleanup
49           Amdump detected another amdump or amflush running, or the remains
50           of a previous incomplete amdump or amflush run. This run is
51           terminated. If the problem is caused by the remains of a previous
52           run, you must execute amcleanup(8) and then rerun amdump.
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EXIT CODE

55       The exit code of amdump is the ORed value of:
56        0  = success
57        1  = error
58        2  = a dle give strange message
59        4  = a dle failed
60        8  = Don´t know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report)
61        16 = tape error or no more tape
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SEE ALSO

64       amanda(8), amcheck(8), amcleanup(8), amrestore(8), amflush(8), cron(8)
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66       The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
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AUTHORS

69       James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
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71       Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>
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75Amanda 3.1.3                      10/04/2010                         AMDUMP(8)
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