AMDUMP(8)

NAME
amdump - backs up all disks in an Amanda configuration

SYNOPSIS
amdump config

DESCRIPTION
Amdump switches to the appropriate Amanda configuration directory, usually /usr/local/etc/amanda/config, then attempts to back up every disk as specified by the amanda.conf file. Amdump is normally run by cron. See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda. If the file /usr/local/etc/amanda/config/hold exists on startup, amdump will wait until the file is removed before proceeding with the night's backups. This allows the operators to delay the scheduled backups when the circumstances warrant, for example, if the backup tape device is being used for some other purpose. When on hold, amdump checks for the deletion of the hold file every 5 minutes.

EXAMPLE
Here is a typical crontab entry. It runs amdump every weeknight at 1 a.m.:

0 1 * * 1-5	bin	${exec_prefix}/bin/amdump DailySet1

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

SEE ALSO
amanda(8), amrestore(8), amflush(8), cron(8).