amanda-command-file - Man Page

The command-file file keep information of outgoing dumps commands, dumps to flush from holding disk to storage, dumps to copy (vault) from one storage to another, dumps with outgoing restore request.

The file is in text. The first line is the version of the file, the second line is an id that increment on each new insertion in the file.

Each following line start with an id followed by one the keywords:

FLUSH

Entry that list a holding file and a storage where it must be flushed.

COPY

Entry that list a dump from a storage and a storage where to copy it (vault).

RESTORE

Entry that list a dump from a storage that have a restore request. An entry is automatically removed 24 hours after it is created.

Amanda never overwrite a volume if one its dump have a command in the command-file.

id FLUSH config holding-file hostname diskname dump-timestamp dump-level storage WORKING:pid STATUS.fi

id
  The id of the command.

FLUSH
  The FLUSH keyword.

config
  The config to which that command apply.

holding-file
  The holding-file to flush.

hostname
  The hostname of the dump.

diskname
  The diskname of the dump.

dump-timestamp
  The timestamp of the dump.

dump-level
  The level of the dump.

storage
  The storage where to flush the dump.

WORKING:pid
  The pid of the process doing the flush, or 0.

STATUS
  TODO or DONE.

id COPY config src-storage src-pool src-label src-fileno src-labels-str start-time hostname diskname dump-timestamp dump-level dest-storage WORKING:pid STATUS.fi

id
  The id of the command.

COPY
  The COPY keyword.

config
  The config to which that command apply.

src-srorage
  The storage where to find the dump.

src-pool
  The pool where to find the dump.

src-label
  The label of the first part of the dump

src-fileno
  The fileno of the first part of the dump

src-labels-str
  The list of all source labels required

start-time
  When to start the copy

hostname
  The hostname of the dump.

diskname
  The diskname of the dump.

dump-timestamp
  The timestamp of the dump.

dump-level
  The level of the dump.

dest-storage
  The storage where to copy the dump.

WORKING:pid
  The pid of the process doing the copy, or 0.

STATUS
  TODO or DONE.

To restore from a storage:

id RESTORE config src-storage src-pool src-label    src-fileno expire hostname diskname dump-timestamp dump-level WORKING:pid STATUS.fi

or to restore from a holding file:

id RESTORE config HOLDING     HOLDING  holding-file 0          expire hostname diskname dump-timestamp dump-level WORKING:pid STATUS.fi


id
  The id of the command.

RESTORE
  The RESTORE keyword.

config
  The config to which that command apply.

src-srorage
  The storage where to find the dump.

src-pool
  The pool where to find the dump.

src-label
  The label of the first part of the dump.

HOLDING
  The HOLDING keyword.

holding-file
  The full path of the holding file.

src-fileno
  The fileno of the first part of the dump

expire
  When this command expire and can be automatically removed from the file.

src-labels-str
  The list of all source labels required

start-time
  When to start the copy

hostname
  The hostname of the dump.

diskname
  The diskname of the dump.

dump-timestamp
  The timestamp of the dump.

dump-level
  The level of the dump.

WORKING:pid
  The pid of the process doing the copy, or 0.

STATUS
  TODO or DONE.

amanda(8), amanda.conf(5)

The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com>

amanda(8), amanda.conf(5).