AMREPORT(1)AMREPORT(1)NAMEamreport - generate a formatted output of statistics for
an amdump run
SYNOPSISamreport config [ -l log file ] [ -f output file ] [ -p
postscript file ]
DESCRIPTION
Amreport generates a summary report of an amanda(8) backup
run. If no configuration name is specified, amanda.conf
is read from the current directory, and log files are
rotated, i.e., after the report is generated, the log file
log will be renamed to log.date.version where date is the
current date in the form YYYYMMDD and version is the next
higher version of the logfile with the same date stamp
starting with 0.
See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
OPTIONS
config Name of the configuration to process.
-l log file
Name of the log file to parse to generate the
report. If a log file is not specified, then it
defaults to the file:
logdir/log,
logdir is the log directory defined in amanda.conf.
-f output file
Normally, amreport sends the report via e-mail to
the mailto user as defined in the amanda.conf file.
If output file is specified, then the report is put
in output file.
-p postscript file
Send the postscript output to the file postscript
file instead of to the lpr(1) command. This option
has an effect only if the lbl-templ directive is
specified in amanda.conf. See LABEL PRINTING below.
LABEL PRINTING
Amanda has the ability to print postscript labels which
describe the contents of the tape being written to. The
labels are designed to be folded and inserted into the
tape case along with the tape or hole punched and put in a
3-ring binder. Various label templates have been provided
which format data in ways that are ideal for each tape
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size. The information provided varies slightly from one
label template to the next, due to size constraints. The
labels contain one line for each host/file-system pair and
can also contain the file number on the tape, the level of
the dump, the original size of the dump and the size of
the (possibly compressed) file written to the tape. The
ability to print these labels is achieved by adding the
lbl-templ field to the tapetype definition in amanda.conf.
If you don't add this line to your tapetype definition,
then amreport will not print a tape label.
You can also specify an alternate "printer" definition to
print the label to other than the system default printer.
Labels Provided
The authors have provided label templates for the follow-
ing tape types. These are pretty generic labels, and
should be easy to customize for other tape types. Others
are encouraged to do so.
* exabyte 8mm tapes
* dat 4mm tapes
* DLT tapes
* 8.5x11 3-ring binder
The 8.5x11 3-ring binder type is the most generic. It can
be used to make a hardcopy log of the tapes which can be
kept in a 3-ring binder.
SEE ALSOamanda(8), amflush(8)BUGS
The function of rotating logs probably should not be part
of amreport since they are 2 different funtions and really
have nothing to do with each other.
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