AMFLUSH(8)

NAME
amflush - flush Amanda backup files from holding disk to tape

SYNOPSIS
amflush [ -f ] config

DESCRIPTION
Amflush writes Amanda backups from the holding disks to tape, and updates the Amanda info database and tape list accordingly. Backups may stay in a holding disk when something is wrong with the tape at the time amdump is run. When this happens, the problem must be corrected and amflush run by hand.

Amflush will look in the holding disks specified by the amanda.conf file in /etc/amanda/config for any non-empty Amanda work directories. It then prompts you to select a directory or to process all of the directories. The work directories in the holding disks are named by the date at the time amdump was run, e.g. 19910215.

Amflush normally detaches itself from the tty and runs as a background process. With the -f option, amflush stays in the foreground. This is useful if amflush is run as part of another script that, for example, advances the tape after the flush is completed.

See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.

EXAMPLE
Amflush will search for holding areas associated with the PUCC configuration. After you select which holding area to flush, amflush writes the data to tape, updates the databases and sends a mail report similar to amdump(8).

        % amflush DailySet1
        Scanning /amanda-hold...
          20001113: found Amanda directory.
          20001114: found Amanda directory.
        Multiple Amanda directories, please pick one by letter:
          A. 20001113
          B. 20001114
        Select directories to flush [A..B]: [ALL] all
        Flushing dumps in 20001113, 20001114,
        today: 20001117
        to tape drive /dev/rmt/0mn.
        Expecting tape DMP014 or a new tape.  (The last dumps were to tape DMP013)
        Are you sure you want to do this? yes
        Running in background, you can log off now.
        You'll get mail when amflush is finished.

AUTHOR
James da Silva <jds@cs.umd.edu>
University of Maryland, College Park

SEE ALSO
amanda(8), amdump(8)