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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>amadmin</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
&rmi.source;
&rmi.version;
&rmi.manual.8;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>amadmin</refname>
<refpurpose>administrative interface to control Amanda backups</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refentryinfo>
&author.jds;
&author.sgw.xml;
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<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>amadmin</command>
<arg choice='opt'>--version</arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--no-default</arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--print-source</arg>
<arg choice='opt'>--exact-match</arg>
&configoverride.synopsis;
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>config</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>command</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt' rep='repeat'><replaceable>command_options</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para><emphasis remap='B'>Amadmin</emphasis>
performs various administrative tasks on the
<emphasis remap='I'>config</emphasis>
Amanda configuration.</para>
<para>See the
<manref name="amanda" vol="8"/>
man page for more details about Amanda.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--version</option></term>
<listitem><para>Print the version and exit.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-default</option></term>
<listitem><para>Do not print default values for <emphasis remap='B'>config</emphasis>
and <emphasis remap='B'>disklist</emphasis> commands.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--print-source</option></term>
<listitem><para>Print where a value is defined for <emphasis remap='B'>config</emphasis>
and <emphasis remap='B'>disklist</emphasis> commands.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--exact-match</option></term>
<listitem><para>The host and disk are parsed as exact values</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>COMMANDS</title>
<para>Commands that take a <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]
parameter pair operate on all disks in the &disklist; for that
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> if no disks are specified. Where
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> is also marked as being optional,
the command operates on all hosts and disks in the &disklist; when no hostname is given.
Both <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> and <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
are match expressions; see <manref name="amanda-match" vol="7"/> for a description.</para>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>version</emphasis></term>
<listitem>
<para>Show the current version and some compile time and runtime parameters.
The
<emphasis remap='I'>config</emphasis>
parameter must be present but is ignored.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>estimate</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]*</term>
<listitem>
<para>Print the server estimate for the dles, each output lines have the following format:</para>
<programlisting>
hostname diskname level size
</programlisting>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
<term>hostname</term>
<listitem>The quoted hostname
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>diskname</term>
<listitem>The quoted diskname
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>level</term>
<listitem>The level of the estimate
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>size</term>
<listitem>The estimate size in kbytes
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>force-bump</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]+</term>
<listitem>
<para>Force the
<emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
on
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
to bump to a new incremental level during the next Amanda run.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>force-no-bump</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]+</term>
<listitem>
<para>Force the
<emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
on
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
to not bump to a new incremental level during the next Amanda run.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>unforce-bump</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]+</term>
<listitem>
<para>Undo a previous
<emphasis remap='B'>force-bump</emphasis>
or
<emphasis remap='B'>force-no-bump</emphasis>
command.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>force</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]+</term>
<listitem>
<para>Force the
<emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
on
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
to do a full (level 0) backup during the next Amanda run.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>force-level-1</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]+</term>
<listitem>
<para>Force the
<emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
on
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
to do a level 1 backup during the next Amanda run.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>unforce</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]+</term>
<listitem>
<para>Undo a previous
<emphasis remap='B'>force</emphasis> or
<emphasis remap='B'>force-level-1</emphasis>
command.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>retention</emphasis> <emphasis remap='I'>[ tapelabel</emphasis> ... ]</term>
<listitem>
<para>Print the retention for each tapes.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>reuse</emphasis> <emphasis remap='I'>tapelabel</emphasis> [ ... ]</term>
<listitem>
<para>The tapes listed
will be available for reuse at their point in the tape cycle.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>no-reuse</emphasis> <emphasis remap='I'>tapelabel</emphasis> [ ... ]</term>
<listitem>
<para>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
<emphasis remap='B'>amanda.conf</emphasis>
<emphasis remap='I'>tapecycle</emphasis>
value, Amanda will request new tapes until the count is satisfied again.</para>
<para>Tape marked <emphasis remap='I'>no-reuse</emphasis> are available
for recovery, marking them <emphasis remap='I'>no-reuse</emphasis> is a
security to be sure amanda will not overwrite them.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>due</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]*</term>
<listitem>
<para>Show when the next full dump is due.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>find</emphasis> [ <option>--sort</option> <replaceable>hkdlspbfw</replaceable> ]<emphasis remap='B'></emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]*</term>
<listitem>
<para>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.</para>
<para>The <option>--sort</option> option changes the sort order using the following flags:
<programlisting>
<emphasis>h</emphasis>: host name
<emphasis>k</emphasis>: disk name
<emphasis>d</emphasis>: dump timestamp
<emphasis>l</emphasis>: backup level
<emphasis>p</emphasis>: dump part
<emphasis>b</emphasis>: tape label
<emphasis>s</emphasis>: storage name
<emphasis>f</emphasis>: filenum on tape
<emphasis>w</emphasis>: write timestamp
</programlisting></para>
<para>An uppercase letter reverses the sort order for that key.
The default sort order is <emphasis remap='B'>hkdlspbfw</emphasis>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>holding delete</emphasis> <emphasis remap="I">hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap="I">disk</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap="I">datestamp</emphasis> [ .. ] ] ]</term>
<listitem>
<para>Delete holding files matching the given specification. At least
a hostname must be provided.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>holding list</emphasis> [-l] [-d] [ <emphasis remap="I">hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap="I">disk</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap="I">datestamp</emphasis> [ .. ] ] ] ]</term>
<listitem>
<para>List holding files matching the given dump specification, or all
holding files if no specification is provided. See <manref
name="amanda-match" vol="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.</para>
<para>An outdated holding file is one which is not required for a
restore of the <emphasis>most recent</emphasis> 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. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>delete</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]+</term>
<listitem>
<para>Delete the specified
<emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
on
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
from the Amanda database.</para>
<note><para>If you do not also remove the disk from the &disklist;
file, Amanda will treat it as a new disk during the next run.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>tape</emphasis> [ <option>--days</option> <replaceable><num></replaceable> ]</term>
<listitem>
<para>Display the tape(s) Amanda expects to write to during the next run.
See also
<manref name="amcheck" vol="8"/>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>bumpsize</emphasis></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display the current bump threshold parameters, calculated for all backup
levels.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>balance</emphasis> [ <option>--days</option> <replaceable><num></replaceable> ]</term>
<listitem>
<para>Display the distribution of full backups throughout the dump schedule.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>export</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]*</term>
<listitem>
<para>Convert records from the Amanda database
to a text format that may be transmitted to another Amanda machine and
<emphasis remap='B'>import</emphasis>ed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>import</emphasis></term>
<listitem>
<para>Convert
<emphasis remap='B'>export</emphasis>ed
records read from standard input to a form Amanda uses
and insert them into the database on this machine.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>config</emphasis></term>
<listitem>
<para>Dump the full internal representation of this config, in text format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>disklist</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]*</term>
<listitem>
<para>Display the &disklist;
information for each of the
<emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
on
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
(or all hosts).
Mostly used for debugging.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>hosts</emphasis></term>
<listitem>
<para>Output a list of distinct hosts in the &disklist;, one per line, for easy use in shell scripts.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>dles</emphasis></term>
<listitem>
<para>Output a list of distinct DLEs in the &disklist;, one per line with host and diskname separated by a space, for easy use in shell scripts.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>info</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis> ]* ]*</term>
<listitem>
<para>Display the
database record for each of the
<emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
on
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
(or all hosts).
Mostly used for debugging.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
&configoverride.varlistentry;
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>EXAMPLES</title>
<para>Request three specific file systems on
<emphasis remap='I'>machine-a</emphasis>
get a full level 0 backup during the next Amanda run.</para>
<programlisting>
$ 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.
</programlisting>
<para>Request all file systems on
<emphasis remap='I'>machine-b</emphasis>
get a full level 0 backup during the next Amanda run.</para>
<programlisting>
$ 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.
</programlisting>
<para>Undo the previous
<emphasis remap='B'>force</emphasis>
request for
<filename>/home</filename>
on
<emphasis remap='I'>machine-b</emphasis>.
The other file systems will still get a full level 0 backup.</para>
<programlisting>
$ amadmin daily unforce machine-b /home
amadmin: force command for machine-b:/home cleared.
</programlisting>
<para>Locate backup images of
<filename>/var</filename>
from
<emphasis remap='I'>machine-c</emphasis>.
The
<emphasis remap='I'>tape or file</emphasis>
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
<emphasis remap='I'>file</emphasis>
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
<emphasis remap='I'>status</emphasis>
column tells you whether the backup was successful or had
some type of error.</para>
<programlisting>
$ 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
</programlisting>
<para>Forget about the
<filename>/workspace</filename>
disk on
<emphasis remap='I'>machine-d</emphasis>.
If you do not also remove the disk from the &disklist;
file, Amanda will treat it as a new disk during the next run.</para>
<programlisting remap='.nf'>
$ amadmin daily delete machine-d /workspace
amadmin: machine-d:/workspace deleted from database.
amadmin: NOTE: you'll have to remove these from the &disklist; yourself.
</programlisting>
<para>Find the next tape Amanda will use (in this case, <literal>123456</literal>).</para>
<programlisting>
$ amadmin daily tape
The next Amanda run should go onto tape 123456 or a new tape.
</programlisting>
<para>Show how well full backups are balanced across the dump cycle.
The
<emphasis remap='I'>due-date</emphasis>
column is the day the backups are due for a full backup.
<emphasis remap='I'>#fs</emphasis>
shows the number of filesystems doing full backups that night, and
<emphasis remap='I'>orig KB</emphasis>
and
<emphasis remap='I'>out KB</emphasis>
show the estimated total size of the backups
before and after any compression, respectively.</para>
<para>The
<emphasis remap='I'>balance</emphasis>
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.</para>
<para>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).</para>
<programlisting>
$ 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)
</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<seealso>
<manref name="amanda" vol="8"/>,
<manref name="amcheck" vol="8"/>,
<manref name="amdump" vol="8"/>,
<manref name="amrestore" vol="8"/>,
<manref name="amfetchdump" vol="8"/>
<manref name="amanda-match" vol="7"/>,
</seealso>
</refentry>