NAME

       backup_status - Reports a Tape Coordinator's status

SYNOPSIS

       backup status [-portoffset <TC port offset>]
           [-localauth] [-cell <cell name>] [-help]

       backup st [-p <TC port offset>]
           [-l] [-c <cell name>] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The backup status command displays which operation, if any, the indicated Tape Coordinator is currently
       executing.

OPTIONS

       -portoffset <TC port offset>
           Specifies the port offset number of the Tape Coordinator for which to report the status.

       -localauth
           Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. The backup
           command interpreter presents it to the Backup Server, Volume Server and VL Server during mutual
           authentication. Do not combine this flag with the -cell argument. For more details, see backup(8).

       -cell <cell name>
           Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the -localauth flag.
           For more details, see backup(8).

       -help
           Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT

       The following message indicates that the Tape Coordinator is not currently performing an operation:

          Tape coordinator is idle

       Otherwise, the output includes a message of the following format for each running or pending operation:

          Task <task_ID>:  <operation>:   <status>

       where

       <task_ID>
           Is a task identification number assigned by the Tape Coordinator.  It begins with the Tape
           Coordinator's port offset number.

       <operation>
           Identifies the operation the Tape Coordinator is performing, which is initiated by the indicated
           command:

           Dump
               The backup dump command.

           Restore
               The backup diskrestore, backup volrestore, or backup volsetrestore commands.

           Labeltape
               The backup labeltape command.

           Scantape
               The backup scantape command.

           SaveDb
               The backup savedb command.

           RestoreDb
               The backup restoredb command.

       <status>
           Indicates the job's current status in one of the following messages.

           number Kbytes transferred, volume volume_name
               For a running dump operation, indicates the number of kilobytes copied to tape or a backup data
               file so far, and the volume currently being dumped.

           number Kbytes, restore.volume
               For a running restore operation, indicates the number of kilobytes copied into AFS from a tape or
               a backup data file so far.

           [abort requested]
               The backup kill command was issued, but the termination signal has yet to reach the Tape
               Coordinator.

           [abort sent]
               The operation is canceled by the backup kill command.  Once the Backup System removes an
               operation from the queue or stops it from running, it no longer appears at all in the output from
               the command.

           [butc contact lost]
               The backup command interpreter cannot reach the Tape Coordinator. The message can mean either
               that the Tape Coordinator handling the operation was terminated or failed while the operation was
               running, or that the connection to the Tape Coordinator timed out.

           [done]
               The Tape Coordinator has finished the operation.

           [drive wait]
               The operation is waiting for the specified tape drive to become free.

           [operator wait]
               The Tape Coordinator is waiting for the backup operator to insert a tape in the drive.

       If the Tape Coordinator is communicating with an XBSA server (a third-party backup utility that
       implements the Open Group's Backup Service API [XBSA]), the following message appears last in the output:

          <XBSA_program> Tape coordinator

       where <XBSA_program> is the name of the XBSA-compliant program.

EXAMPLES

       The following example shows that the Tape Coordinator with port offset 4 has so far dumped about 1.5 MB
       of data for the current dump operation, and is currently dumping the volume named "user.pat.backup":

          % backup status -portoffset 4
          Task 4001:  Dump:   1520 Kbytes transferred,  volume user.pat.backup

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       The issuer must be listed in the /etc/openafs/server/UserList file on every machine where the Backup
       Server is running, or must be logged onto a server machine as the local superuser "root" if the
       -localauth flag is included.

SEE ALSO

       backup(8), butc(8)

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