AMDUMP(8)                                               AMDUMP(8)


NAME
       amdump - back up all disks in an AMANDA configuration

SYNOPSIS
       amdump config [host [disk...]...]


DESCRIPTION
       Amdump switches to the appropriate AMANDA configuration directory, e.g.
       /usr/local/etc/amanda/config, then attempts to back up every disk spec-
       ified by the amanda.conf file. Amdump is normally run by cron.


       You  can  specify  many host/disk expressions, only disks that match an
       expression will be dumped. All disks are dumped if no  expressions  are
       given.


       If  the file /usr/local/etc/amanda/config/hold exists, amdump will wait
       until it is removed before starting the backups. This allows  scheduled
       backups  to  be delayed when circumstances warrant, for example, if the
       tape device is being used for some other purpose. While waiting, amdump
       checks for the hold file every minute.


       See the amanda(8) man page for more details about AMANDA.


EXAMPLE
       Here  is  a  typical crontab entry. It runs amdump every weeknight at 1
       a.m. as user bin:

       0 1 * * 1-5 bin /usr/local/sbin/amdump daily


       Please see the crontab(5) or crontab(1) manual  page  for  the  correct
       crontab format for your system.


MESSAGES
       amdump: waiting for hold file to be removed
              The  "hold"  file  exists and amdump is waiting for it to be re-
              moved before starting backups.


       amdump: amdump or amflush is already running, or you must run amcleanup
              Amdump  detected  another  amdump or amflush running, or the re-
              mains of a previous incomplete amdump or amflush run.  This  run
              is terminated. If the problem is caused by the remains of a pre-
              vious run, you must execute amcleanup(8) and then rerun  amdump.


AUTHOR
       James da Silva, <jdsATamanda.org> : Original text



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AMDUMP(8)                                               AMDUMP(8)


       Stefan  G. Weichinger, <sgwATamanda.org>, maintainer of the AMANDA-docu-
       mentation: XML-conversion


SEE ALSO
       amanda(8), amcheck(8), amcleanup(8), amrestore(8), amflush(8), cron(8)



















































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