NAME
amvault - Copy Amanda dumps from one volume to another
SYNOPSIS
amvault [{-o configoption}...] [-q|--quiet] config src-run-timestamp
dst-changer label-template
WARNING
This application is not yet in its final form, and is subject to major
revision in subsequent versions of Amanda. Backward compatibility is
not guaranteed.
The significant limitations of this version of amvault are: tapetypes
for secondary and tertiary volumes much match (including length and
device_properties); tertiary volumes must be blank (manual erasure is
required to re-use tertiary media; restore/recover operations will
request tertiary media by label when dumpfiles are not found on
secondary media, but there is no provision to automatically fetch such
media from a different changer; and all dumpfiles on a secondary volume
are moved to tertiary media - there is no provision to filter dumps.
Feedback on and patches to this application are invited and encouraged!
DESCRIPTION
Amvault Copies data from the run with timestamp src-run-timestamp onto
volumes using the changer dst-changer, labeling new volumes with
label-template. If src-run-timestamp is "latest", then the most recent
amdump or amflush run will be used.
In a vaulting operation, the source media is referred to as "secondary
media", while the destination is referred to as "tertiary media".
Each source volume will be copied to a new destination volume; no
re-assembly or splitting will be performed. Destination volumes must be
at least as large as the source volumes.
The changer parameter should specify the name of a changer defined in
amanda.conf(5). For example:
define changer vaulting_tape {
tapedev "/dev/rmt/1n"
tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"
changerdev "/dev/sg0"
changerfile "vaulting-changer.conf"
}
The --quiet option reduces the verbosity of the utility; this can be
useful for volumes containing many split parts. The --autolabel option
defines which tertiary volumes amlabel will overwrite. It can have any
of the values defined for autolabel in amanda.conf(5), with the
addition of "this_config", meaning volumes matching the labelstr for
this configuration. The option defaults to "empty". Multiple values can
be separated with commas. The label template functions identically to
the template for teh autolabel parameter.
SEE ALSO
amanda(8), amanda-changers(7)
The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
AUTHOR
Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com>
Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)