AMFLUSH(8)AMFLUSH(8)NAMEamflush - flush Amanda backup files from holding disk to
tape
SYNOPSISamflush [ -f ] config
DESCRIPTION
Amflush writes all Amanda backups from holding disk to
tape, and updates the Amanda info database and tape list
accordingly. The backups stay in the 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 disk 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. The work directories on the holding disk are
named by the date at the time amdump was run, e.g.
19910215.
Amflush normally detaches from the tty and runs as a back-
ground 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
AUTHOR
James da Silva <jds@cs.umd.edu>
University of Maryland, College Park
SEE ALSOamanda(8), amdump(8)
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