NAME

       amvault - Copy Amanda dumps from one volume to another

SYNOPSIS

       amvault [-o configoption...] [--dry-run | -n] [--quiet | -q] [--fulls-only] [--latest-fulls]
               [--incrs-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, --incrs-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.

       --incrs-only
           Only incremental (level > 0) dumps are copied.

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

       --latest-fulls
           The latest full of every DLE in the disklist that do not have the skip strategy.

       --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)