NAME

       amdevcheck - Validate an Amanda device and volume.

SYNOPSIS

       amdevcheck [--label] [-properties list] [-o configoption...] config [device-name]

DESCRIPTION

       Amdevcheck provides a way to check that a particular Amanda device is accessible, whether or not it
       contains a volume, and whether or not that volume is labeled. Some devices can't distinguish between all
       of these cases; a missing volume and an unlabeled volume might generate the same error code, for example.
       In those cases, this tool reports all possible causes of the error. Optionally this tools lists the
       properties for the device.

       See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda. See amanda-devices(7) for more information on
       devices.

OPTIONS

       config
           Amanda configuration to use. Note that amdevcheck ignores any tape changer configuration.

       device
           Amanda device to use. This option overrides any tapedev configuration specified in the configuration
           file.

       --label
           Get the device's label. If this option is given, the usual check output is omitted, and the label of
           the loaded volume is printed to stdout. Returns with error if the label is not found.

       --properties [list]
           List device properties. If this option is given, the usual check output is omitted, and property
           values are printed to stdout, one per line, as a property name, followed by '=', followed by the
           property value. Returns with error if properties are not available.

           If list is given, it is treated as a comma-separated list of properties to display. If it is omitted,
           all supported properties are displayed.

       -o configoption
           See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in amanda(8).

OUTPUT

       amdevcheck exit with code 0 if the device is working of if it get an expected error, look at the MESSAGE
       line for the error. It exit with code 1 if it get an unexpected error.

       Amdevcheck returns one or more of the following lines. If multiple lines appear, then at least one, but
       not necessarily all of the messages apply. This situation can occur when working with hardware or
       operating systems which cannot distinguish, for example, between a malfunctioning drive and a functional
       but unloaded drive.

       SUCCESS
           A tape is ready.

       DEVICE_ERROR
           A device error has occurred.

       DEVICE_BUSY
           The device is busy.

       VOLUME_MISSING
           No tape is loaded in the drive.

       VOLUME_UNLABELED
           The tape in the drive is unlabeled.

       VOLUME_ERROR
           A volume error has occurred.

       MESSAGE text
           Where text provides a human-readable description of the problem.

SEE ALSO

       amanda(8), amanda-devices(7)

       The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

AUTHOR

       Ian Turner <ian@zmanda.com>
           Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)

Amanda 3.5.1                                       12/01/2017                                      AMDEVCHECK(8)