1AMSTATUS(8) System Administration Commands AMSTATUS(8)
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6 amstatus - display the state of an Amanda run
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9 amstatus [--file amdumpfile] [--[no]detail] [--[no]summary]
10 [--[no]taped] [--[no]stats]
11 [--[no]locale-independent-date-format] [--config] config
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14 Amstatus gives the current state of the Amanda run specified by the
15 config configuration. If there is no active Amanda running, it
16 summarizes the result of the last run. It may also be used to summarize
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19 See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
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25 [--config] config
26 Specify the Amanda configuration you want to display the state for.
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28 --file amdumpfile
29 Specify an alternate file instead of the amdump or amflush file.
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31 --detail
32 Display a detail of each dles.
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35 Display a summary of the state of the run.
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38 Display each tape used in the summary of the state of the run.
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41 Display statistics about active-time of taper and dumpers.
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43 --locale-independent-date-format
44 Output the date in a locale independent format. The format is the
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53 The exit code of amstatus is the ORed value of:
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57 8 = Don't know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report)
58 16 = tape error or no more tape
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61 amanda(8), amcheck(8), amdump(8), amrestore(8), amadmin(8)
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63 The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
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66 Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>
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70Amanda 3.5.4 07/27/2023 AMSTATUS(8)