1AMVERIFY(8)                                                        AMVERIFY(8)
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NAME

6       amverify - check an Amanda tape for errors
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SYNOPSIS

9       amverify config [slot [runtapes]]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Amverify reads an Amanda format tape and makes sure each backup image
13       can be processed by amrestore and, if possible, the appropriate restore
14       program (e.g.  tar).
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16       Amverify runs amrestore on each file of the tape and pipes the output
17       to a restore program (if available) with an option to create a
18       catalogue of the backup. The catalogue itself is discarded. Only the
19       success or failure of the operation itself is reported.
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21       If the backup image cannot be processed by the restore program, e.g. if
22       it was written on a different operating system, the image is sent
23       through dd to /dev/null. This still determines if the tape is readable,
24       but does not do any internal consistency check on the image.
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26       If config is set up to use a tape changer, the slot argument may be
27       used to choose the first tape to process. Otherwise, the current slot
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30       The runtapes configuration parameter determines how many tapes are
31       processed unless it is specified on the command line.
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33       See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
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AUTHOR

36       Axel Zinser <fifi@icem.de> : Original text
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38       Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the
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SEE ALSO

42       amrestore(8), amanda(8), amverifyrun(8)
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46                                  02/07/2007                       AMVERIFY(8)