AMSTATUS(8) System Administration Commands AMSTATUS(8)
NAME
amstatus - display the state of an Amanda run
SYNOPSIS
amstatus [--file amdumpfile] [--summary] [--dumping] [--waitdumping] [--waittaper] [--dumpingtape] [--writingtape] [--finished] [--failed]
[--estimate] [--gestimate] [--stats] [--locale-independent-date-format] [--config] config
DESCRIPTION
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.
--summary
Display a summary of the state of the run.
--dumping
Display all partitions that are dumping.
--waitdumping|wdumping
Display all partitions that are waiting to be dumped.
--waittaper|wtaper
Display all partitions dumped that are waiting to be written to tape.
--dumpingtape|dtape
Display all partitions that are dumping directly to tape.
--writingtape|wtape
Display all partitions that are writing to tape.
--finished
Display all partitions that are dumped and written to tape.
--failed|error
Display all partitions that failed.
--estimate
Display all partitions whose estimate is finished. Works only during the estimate phase.
--gestimate|gettingestimate
Display all partitions whose estimate is not finished. Works only during the estimate phase.
--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'
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
SEE ALSO
amanda(8), amcheck(8), amdump(8), amrestore(8), amadmin(8)
The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/
AUTHOR
Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>
Amanda 3.3.1 02/21/2012 AMSTATUS(8)