amstatus8
Display the state of an amanda run
Usage
amstatus [--file
amdumpfile]
[--
[no]
detail]
[--
[no]
summary]
[--
[no]
taped]
[--
[no]
stats]
[--
[no]
locale-independent-date-format]
[--config]
config
Overview
Amstatus gives the current state of the Amanda run specified by the config configuration. If there is no active Amanda running, it summarizes the result of the last run. It may also be used to summarize the results of a previous run.
See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
Options
All options may be abbreviated to the shortest non-ambiguous sub-string. If no options are given, everything is displayed.
[--config] config
Specify the Amanda configuration you want to display the state for.
-
--file amdumpfile -
Specify an alternate file instead of the amdump or amflush file.
-
--detail -
Display a detail of each dles.
-
--summary -
Display a summary of the state of the run.
-
--taped -
Display each tape used in the summary of the state of the run.
--stats|statistics
Display statistics about active-time of taper and dumpers.
-
--locale-independent-date-format -
Output the date in a locale independent format. The format is the same executing: date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z'
Examples
Run the following command in a shell when a backup is running:
watch amstatus CONF --summary --notaped
Exit code
The exit code of amstatus is the ORed value of:
0 = success 1 = error 4 = a dle failed 8 = Don't know the status of a dle (RESULT_MISSING in the report) 16 = tape error or no more tape
Releases
13 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 10 times.
--detail since Debian 10 (Buster);
--locale-independent-date-format since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--taped since Debian 13 (Trixie).
--dumping until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--estimate until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--finished until Debian 9 (Stretch).