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NAME

6       amvault - Copy Amanda dumps from one volume to another
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SYNOPSIS

9       amvault [{-o configoption}...] [-q|--quiet] config src-run-timestamp
10               dst-changer label-template
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WARNING

13       This application is not yet in its final form, and is subject to major
14       revision in subsequent versions of Amanda. Backward compatibility is
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17       The significant limitations of this version of amvault are: tapetypes
18       for secondary and tertiary volumes much match (including length and
19       device_properties); tertiary volumes must be blank (manual erasure is
20       required to re-use tertiary media; restore/recover operations will
21       request tertiary media by label when dumpfiles are not found on
22       secondary media, but there is no provision to automatically fetch such
23       media from a different changer; and all dumpfiles on a secondary volume
24       are moved to tertiary media - there is no provision to filter dumps.
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26       Feedback on and patches to this application are invited and encouraged!
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DESCRIPTION

29       Amvault Copies data from the run with timestamp src-run-timestamp onto
30       volumes using the changer dst-changer, labeling new volumes with
31       label-template. If src-run-timestamp is "latest", then the most recent
32       amdump or amflush run will be used.
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34       In a vaulting operation, the source media is referred to as "secondary
35       media", while the destination is referred to as "tertiary media".
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37       Each source volume will be copied to a new destination volume; no
38       re-assembly or splitting will be performed. Destination volumes must be
39       at least as large as the source volumes.
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41       The changer parameter should specify the name of a changer defined in
42       amanda.conf(5). For example:
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44       define changer vaulting_tape {
45           tapedev "/dev/rmt/1n"
46           tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"
47           changerdev "/dev/sg0"
48           changerfile "vaulting-changer.conf"
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51       The --quiet option reduces the verbosity of the utility; this can be
52       useful for volumes containing many split parts. The --autolabel option
53       defines which tertiary volumes amlabel will overwrite. It can have any
54       of the values defined for autolabel in amanda.conf(5), with the
55       addition of "this_config", meaning volumes matching the labelstr for
56       this configuration. The option defaults to "empty". Multiple values can
57       be separated with commas. The label template functions identically to
58       the template for teh autolabel parameter.
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SEE ALSO

61       amanda(8), amanda-changers(7)
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63       The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
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AUTHOR

66       Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com>
67           Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)
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