NAME

       amvault - Copy Amanda dumps from one volume to another

SYNOPSIS

       amvault [-o configoption...] [--dry-run | -n] [--quiet | -q] [--fulls-only]
               [--exact-match] [--export] [--src-timestamp src-timestamp]
               --label-template label-template --dst-changer dst-changer
               [--autolabel autolabel-arg...]
               config [hostname [ disk [ date [ level [ hostname [...] ] ] ] ]]

WARNING

       This application is not yet in its final form, and is subject to major revision in
       subsequent versions of Amanda. Backward compatibility is not guaranteed.

       Note that Amanda restore/recover operations will request tertiary media by label when
       dumpfiles are not found on secondary media, but there is no provision to automatically
       fetch such media from a different changer

       Feedback on and patches to this application are invited and encouraged!

DESCRIPTION

       Amvault is conceptually equivalent to "amfetchdump | taper". That is, it reads specified
       dumps from secondary media and re-writes them on tertiary media.

       Amvault Copies data from the run with timestamp src-timestamp onto volumes using the
       changer dst-changer, and labeling new volumes with label-template.

   Secondary Media
       The dumps to be read from secondary media can be specified by any combination of dump
       specifications, --fulls-only, and --src-timestamp. At least one must be specified, lest
       amvault attempt to vault all dumps in the catalog. See amanda-match(7) for more
       information on dump specifications.

       Note that the datestamp given in the dumpspec is the dump datestamp - the run in which the
       backup was taken on the Amanda client. The --src-timestamp, on the other hand, is the
       write timestamp - the run in which the dump was written to secondary media. The latter
       option facilitates duplicating the results of an entire backup run, including any dumps
       that might have been flushed from holding disk.

   Tertiary Media
       The --dst-changer must be specified, and names the changer in which tertiary media are
       stored.

       If amanda.conf(5) contains the new part-size splitting parameters, then amvault will use
       them without any additional configuration. However, if the configuration still uses the
       old splitting parameters (tape_splitsize, split_diskbuffer, and fallback_splitsize), then
       amvault will need some additional configuration in order to properly split dumps to
       tertiary media. To do so, specify a new tapetype in amanda.conf(5), say "TERTIARY", and
       set the part-size and other appropriate parameters there. Then reference that tapetype in
       the amvault invocation:

           amvault -otapetype=TERTIARY ...

OPTIONS

       --autolabel [any] [other-config] [non-amanda] [volume-error] [empty]
           Works just like the autolabel parameter in amanda.conf(5), and can be specified
           multiple times if necessary. The default is 'empty'.

       --dst-changer dst-changer
           Specifies the changer in which tertiary media are stored. In general, this should be
           different from the secondary changer, to eliminate the possibility of overwriting
           secondary media with tertiary data.

           The dst-changer parameter should specify the name of a changer defined in
           amanda.conf(5). For example:

           define changer vaulting_tape {
               tapedev "/dev/rmt/1n"
               tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"
               changerdev "/dev/sg0"
               changerfile "vaulting-changer.conf"
           }

       --dry-run, -n
           Cause amvault to print the dumps it would vault, but not actually perform any vaulting
           operations.

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

       --export
           Cause amvault to attempt to move completed tertiary volumes to import/export slots,
           where they can be more easily removed by an operator.

       ---fulls-only
           Only full (level-0) dumps are copied.

       --label-template label-template
           Specifies a label template which is used to generate new labels for tertiary volumes.

       --quiet, -q
           Eliminate non-error messages, and is useful when running amvault from cron.

       --src-timestamps src-timestamps
           Specifies the timestamps in the format 'YYYYMMDDHHMMSS' of the run to vault, can be
           "latest", then the most recent amdump or amflush run will be used.

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

EXAMPLES

       Vault all dump written to tape in the latest amdump or amflush run:
       $ amvault --src-timestamps latest --label-template "CONF-%%%" --dst-changer vault-changer CONF

       Vault all dump written on the run of December 7 2011 12:13:14 :
       $ amvault --src-timestamps 20111207121314 --label-template "CONF-%%%" --dst-changer vault-changer CONF

       Vault all dump dumped on any run of December 7 2011:
       $ amvault --label-template "CONF-%%%" --dst-changer vault-changer CONF \* \* 20111207

SEE ALSO

       amanda(8), amanda-changers(7), amfetchdump(8)

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

AUTHOR

       Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com>
           Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)