AMSTATUS(8) System Administration Commands AMSTATUS(8)NAME
amstatus - display the state of an Amanda run
SYNOPSIS
amstatus [--file amdumpfile] [--summary] [--dumping] [--waitdumping] [--waittaper] [--dumpingtape] [--writingtape] [--finished] [--failed]
[--estimate] [--gestimate] [--stats] [--locale-independent-date-format] [--config] config
DESCRIPTION
Amstatus gives the current state of the Amanda run specified by the config configuration. If there is no active Amanda running, it
summarizes the result of the last run. It may also be used to summarize the results of a previous run.
See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
OPTIONS
All options may be abbreviated to the shortest non-ambiguous sub-string. If no options are given, everything is displayed.
[--config] config
Specify the Amanda configuration you want to display the state for.
--file amdumpfile
Specify an alternate file instead of the amdump or amflush file.
--summary
Display a summary of the state of the run.
--dumping
Display all partitions that are dumping.
--waitdumping|wdumping
Display all partitions that are waiting to be dumped.
--waittaper|wtaper
Display all partitions dumped that are waiting to be written to tape.
--dumpingtape|dtape
Display all partitions that are dumping directly to tape.
--writingtape|wtape
Display all partitions that are writing to tape.
--finished
Display all partitions that are dumped and written to tape.
--failed|error
Display all partitions that failed.
--estimate
Display all partitions whose estimate is finished. Works only during the estimate phase.
--gestimate|gettingestimate
Display all partitions whose estimate is not finished. Works only during the estimate phase.
--stats|statistics
Display statistics about active-time of taper and dumpers.
--locale-independent-date-format
Output the date in a locale independent format. The format is the same executing: date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z'
EXIT CODE
The exit code of amstatus is the ORed value of:
0 = success
1 = error
4 = a dle failed
8 = Don't know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report)
16 = tape error or no more tape
SEE ALSO amanda(8), amcheck(8), amdump(8), amrestore(8), amadmin(8)
The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
AUTHOR
Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>
Amanda 3.3.3 01/10/2013 AMSTATUS(8)
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AMTAPE(8) System Manager's Manual AMTAPE(8)NAME
amtape - user interface to Amanda tape changer controls
SYNOPSIS
amtape config command [ command options ]
DESCRIPTION
Amtape performs tape changer control operations. It uses the underlying tape changer script defined by the tpchanger option for a particu-
lar Amanda configuration as specified by the config argument.
Tape changers maintain a notion of the current and next slot for each configuration. These may or may not correspond to an actual physical
state of the device, but do tend to minimize searching through the tape storage slots. If the desired tape is in the current slot, it is
likely the next tape needed is in the next slot rather than at some random position in the storage slots.
See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
COMMANDS
reset Reset the tape changer to a known state. The current slot is set to the first slot. Other device-specific side effects may occur.
Some gravity stackers need to be reset to the top position by hand. This command notifies Amanda the stacker is back in that posi-
tion.
eject If a tape is loaded in the drive, it is ejected and returned to the slot from which it was loaded.
clean If a cleaning tape is defined for the changer, it is used to clean the drive.
show Show the contents of all slots. This can be slow.
label label
Search for and load the Amanda tape with label label.
taper Perform the taper scan algorithm. Load the next tape in the configuration's tape sequence, or a fresh tape with a suitable label.
device Display the name of the current tape device on stdout.
current
Display the current slot.
update Update the changer label database, if it has one, to match the tapes now available.
slot slot
Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from slot slot and reset current.
slot current
Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from the current slot.
slot prev
Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from the previous slot and reset current.
slot next
Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from the next slot and reset current.
slot first
Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from the first slot and reset current.
slot last
Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from the last slot and reset current.
slot advance
Eject any tape in the drive and put it away. Advance current to the next tape, but do not load it.
This is useful with non-gravity stackers to unload the last tape used and set up Amanda for the next run. If you just use eject,
the current tape will be mounted again in the next run, where it will be rejected as being still in use, ejected and the next tape
requested. Using slot next followed by eject does an unnecessary mount.
Note: most changers optimize the slot commands to not eject the loaded tape if it is the one being requested.
AUTHOR
James da Silva <jds@cs.umd.edu>
University of Maryland, College Park
SEE ALSO amanda(8)AMTAPE(8)