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NAME

       amadmin - administrative interface to control Amanda backups

SYNOPSIS

       amadmin [--version] [--no-default] [--print-source] [--exact-match] [-o configoption...]
               config command [command_options...]

DESCRIPTION

       Amadmin performs various administrative tasks on the config Amanda configuration.

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

OPTIONS

       --version
           Print the version and exit.

       --no-default
           Do not print default values for config and disklist commands.

       --print-source
           Print where a value is defined for config and disklist commands.

       --exact-match
           The host and disk are parsed as exact values

COMMANDS

       Commands that take a hostname [ disks ] parameter pair operate on all disks in the
       disklist(5) for that hostname if no disks are specified. Where hostname is also marked as
       being optional, the command operates on all hosts and disks in the disklist(5) when no
       hostname is given. Both hostname and disks are match expressions; see amanda-match(7) for
       a description.

       version
           Show the current version and some compile time and runtime parameters. The config
           parameter must be present but is ignored.

       estimate [ hostname [ disks ]* ]*
           Print the server estimate for the dles, each output lines have the following format:
             hostname diskname level size

           hostname
               The quoted hostname

           diskname
               The quoted diskname

           level
               The level of the estimate

           size
               The estimate size in kbytes

       force-bump [ hostname [ disks ]* ]+
           Force the disks on hostname to bump to a new incremental level during the next Amanda
           run.

       force-no-bump [ hostname [ disks ]* ]+
           Force the disks on hostname to not bump to a new incremental level during the next
           Amanda run.

       unforce-bump [ hostname [ disks ]* ]+
           Undo a previous force-bump or force-no-bump command.

       force [ hostname [ disks ]* ]+
           Force the disks on hostname to do a full (level 0) backup during the next Amanda run.

       force-level-1 [ hostname [ disks ]* ]+
           Force the disks on hostname to do a level 1 backup during the next Amanda run.

       unforce [ hostname [ disks ]* ]+
           Undo a previous force or force-level-1 command.

       retention [ tapelabel ... ]
           Print the retention for each tapes.

       reuse tapelabel [ ... ]
           The tapes listed will be available for reuse at their point in the tape cycle.

       no-reuse tapelabel [ ... ]
           The tapes listed will not be reused when their turn comes up again in the tape cycle.
           Note that if this causes the number of reusable tapes to drop below the
           amanda.conftapecycle value, Amanda will request new tapes until the count is satisfied
           again.

           Tape marked no-reuse are available for recovery, marking them no-reuse is a security
           to be sure amanda will not overwrite them.

       due [ hostname [ disks ]* ]*
           Show when the next full dump is due.

       find [ --sort hkdlspbfw ] [ hostname [ disks ]* ]*
           Display all backups currently on tape or in the holding disk. The storage name, tape
           label or holding disk filename, file number, and status are displayed.

           The --sort option changes the sort order using the following flags:

           h: host name
           k: disk name
           d: dump timestamp
           l: backup level
           p: dump part
           b: tape label
           s: storage name
           f: filenum on tape
           w: write timestamp

           An uppercase letter reverses the sort order for that key. The default sort order is
           hkdlspbfw.

       holding delete hostname [ disk [ datestamp [ .. ] ] ]
           Delete holding files matching the given specification. At least a hostname must be
           provided.

       holding list [-l] [-d] [ hostname [ disk [ datestamp [ .. ] ] ] ]
           List holding files matching the given dump specification, or all holding files if no
           specification is provided. See amanda-match(7) for more information on dump
           specifications. With '-l', additional information (size, level, and whether the dump
           is outdated) is provided. With '-d', only outdated dumps are shown.

           An outdated holding file is one which is not required for a restore of the most recent
           dump. Note that outdated dumps may still be required for restores at earlier dates.
           For example, assume that a DLE had a level 0 on Monday, level 1's Tuesday through
           Thursday, and a level 2 on Friday. Then the files required for a restore of Fridays
           (the most recent) dump are those from Monday (level 0), Thursday (level 1), and Friday
           (level 2). Tuesday and Wednesday's files are outdated.

       delete [ hostname [ disks ]* ]+
           Delete the specified disks on hostname from the Amanda database.

               Note
               If you do not also remove the disk from the disklist(5) file, Amanda will treat it
               as a new disk during the next run.

       tape [ --days <num> ]
           Display the tape(s) Amanda expects to write to during the next run. See also
           amcheck(8).

       bumpsize
           Display the current bump threshold parameters, calculated for all backup levels.

       balance [ --days <num> ]
           Display the distribution of full backups throughout the dump schedule.

       export [ hostname [ disks ]* ]*
           Convert records from the Amanda database to a text format that may be transmitted to
           another Amanda machine and imported.

       import
           Convert exported records read from standard input to a form Amanda uses and insert
           them into the database on this machine.

       config
           Dump the full internal representation of this config, in text format.

       disklist [ hostname [ disks ]* ]*
           Display the disklist(5) information for each of the disks on hostname (or all hosts).
           Mostly used for debugging.

       hosts
           Output a list of distinct hosts in the disklist(5), one per line, for easy use in
           shell scripts.

       dles
           Output a list of distinct DLEs in the disklist(5), one per line with host and diskname
           separated by a space, for easy use in shell scripts.

       info [ hostname [ disks ]* ]*
           Display the database record for each of the disks on hostname (or all hosts). Mostly
           used for debugging.

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

EXAMPLES

       Request three specific file systems on machine-a get a full level 0 backup during the next
       Amanda run.
       $ amadmin daily force machine-a / /var /usr
       amadmin: machine-a:/ is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
       amadmin: machine-a:/var is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
       amadmin: machine-a:/usr is set to a forced level 0 tonight.

       Request all file systems on machine-b get a full level 0 backup during the next Amanda
       run.
       $ amadmin daily force machine-b
       amadmin: machine-b:/ is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
       amadmin: machine-b:/var is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
       amadmin: machine-b:/usr is set to a forced level 0 tonight.
       amadmin: machine-b:/home is set to a forced level 0 tonight.

       Undo the previous force request for /home on machine-b. The other file systems will still
       get a full level 0 backup.
       $ amadmin daily unforce machine-b /home
       amadmin: force command for machine-b:/home cleared.

       Locate backup images of /var from machine-c. The tape or file column displays either a
       tape label or a filename depending on whether the image is on tape or is still in the
       holding disk. If the image is on tape, the file column tells you which file on the tape
       has the image (file number zero is a tape label). This column shows zero and is not
       meaningful if the image is still in the holding disk. The status column tells you whether
       the backup was successful or had some type of error.
       $ amadmin daily find machine-c /var
       date        host      disk lv tape or file                 file part  status
       2000-11-09  machine-c /var  0 000110                       9   --  OK
       2000-11-08  machine-c /var  2 000109                       2   --  OK
       2000-11-07  machine-c /var  2 /amanda/20001107/machine-c._var.2  0 OK
       2000-11-06  machine-c /var  2 000107                       2   --  OK
       2000-11-05  machine-c /var  2 000106                       3   --  OK
       2000-11-04  machine-c /var  2 000105                       2   --  OK
       2000-11-03  machine-c /var  2 000104                       2   --  OK
       2000-11-02  machine-c /var  2 000103                       2   --  OK
       2000-11-01  machine-c /var  1 000102                       5   --  OK
       2000-10-31  machine-c /var  1 000101                       3   --  OK

       Forget about the /workspace disk on machine-d. If you do not also remove the disk from the
       disklist(5) file, Amanda will treat it as a new disk during the next run.
       $ amadmin daily delete machine-d /workspace
       amadmin: machine-d:/workspace deleted from database.
       amadmin: NOTE: you'll have to remove these from the disklist(5) yourself.

       Find the next tape Amanda will use (in this case, 123456).
       $ amadmin daily tape
       The next Amanda run should go onto tape 123456 or a new tape.

       Show how well full backups are balanced across the dump cycle. The due-date column is the
       day the backups are due for a full backup.  #fs shows the number of filesystems doing full
       backups that night, and orig KB and out KB show the estimated total size of the backups
       before and after any compression, respectively.

       The balance column shows how far off that night's backups are from the average size (shown
       at the bottom of the balance column). Amanda tries to keep the backups within +/- 5%, but
       since the amount of data on each filesystem is always changing, and Amanda will never
       delay backups just to rebalance the schedule, it is common for the schedule to fluctuate
       by larger percentages. In particular, in the case of a tape or backup failure, a bump will
       occur the following night, which will not be smoothed out until the next pass through the
       schedule.

       The last line also shows an estimate of how many Amanda runs will be made between full
       backups for a file system. In the example, a file system will probably have a full backup
       done every eight times Amanda is run (e.g. every eight days).
       $ amadmin daily balance
        due-date  #fs   orig KB    out KB  balance
       -------------------------------------------
       11/10 Mon   21    930389    768753    +5.1%
       11/11 Tue   29   1236272    733211    +0.2%
       11/12 Wed   31   1552381    735796    +0.6%
       11/13 Thu   23   1368447    684552    -6.4%
       11/14 Fri   32   1065603    758155    +3.6%
       11/15 Sat   14   1300535    738430    +0.9%
       11/16 Sun   31   1362696    740365    +1.2%
       11/17 Mon   30   1427936    773397    +5.7%
       11/18 Tue   11   1059191    721786    -1.3%
       11/19 Wed   19   1108737    661867    -9.5%
       -------------------------------------------
       TOTAL      241  12412187   7316312   731631  (estimated 8 runs per dumpcycle)

SEE ALSO

       amanda(8), amanda(8), amcheck(8), amdump(8), amrestore(8), amfetchdump(8), amanda-match(7)

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

AUTHORS

       James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>

       Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>