Command-Line Mode Options¶

--log=logfile

--ps=filename

--text=filename

--xml=filename

--print=printer

--mail-text=recipient

Script Mode Options¶

-i

-M address

-l logfile

-f outputfile

-p postscriptfile

--from-amdump

Summary¶

Hostname: bkserver
Org     : DailySet1
Config  : Daily
Date    : February 25, 2009
These dumps were to tape Daily-103.
The next tape Amanda expects to use is: Daily-142
FAILURE DUMP SUMMARY:


   jamon.slikon.local /var lev 0  FAILED [/bin/tar exited with status 2]

The summary section describes the run in broad terms, giving the server hostname, organization (from the org configuration parameter), configuration name, and dump date. This is followed by a description of the volumes and holding disk used, and an rough estimate of the volume(s) Amanda will use on the next run.

Brief notices of any unusual circumstances will also be included here.

Statistics¶

STATISTICS:


                          Total       Full      Incr.


                        --------   --------   --------
Estimate Time (hrs:min)    0:00
Run Time (hrs:min)         0:01
Dump Time (hrs:min)        0:00       0:00       0:00
Output Size (meg)           1.6        0.0        1.6
Original Size (meg)         1.6        0.0        1.6
Avg Compressed Size (%)   100.0      100.0      100.0   (level:#disks ...)
Filesystems Dumped            4          1          3   (1:3)
Avg Dump Rate (k/s)      1555.1      134.2     1787.3
Tape Time (hrs:min)        0:00       0:00       0:00
Tape Size (meg)             1.6        0.0        1.6
Tape Used (%)               5.5        0.1        5.4   (level:#disks ...)
Filesystems Taped             4          1          3   (1:3)


                                                        (level:#parts ...)
Parts Taped                   4          1          3   (1:3)
Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s)  143966    27624.3     151811
USAGE BY TAPE:


  Label            Time      Size      %  DLEs Parts


  metals-013       0:00     1650k    5.4     4     4

This section contains aggregate statistics for the entire run. The three columns break down the results into a total for all data handled, only full dumps, and only incremental dumps. In the right margin, amreport indicates the breakdown of dump levels at the dumper and the taper.

The rows have the following meanings:

Estimate Time

Run Time

Dump Time

Output Size

Original Size

Avg Compressed Size

Filesystems Dumped

Avg Dump Rate

Tape Time

Tape Size

Tape Used

Filesystems Taped

Parts Taped

Avg Tp Write Rate

Usage by Tape¶

USAGE BY TAPE:


  Label          Time      Size      %  DLEs Parts


  Conf-001       0:00    20320k   66.2     1     4


  Conf-002       0:00     6470k   21.1     0     2

This short section gives per-volume statistics: time spent writing to the volume; bytes written to the volume; portion of the expected tape length used; number of DLEs started, and total number of split parts written.

Notes¶

NOTES:


  taper: tape DAILY-37 kb 30720 fm 3 [OK]

This section contains any informational log messages from the run. Most messages are self-explanatory. The taper message shown in the example is always present, and is redundant to the previous section. It indicates that 30720 kb were written to "DAILY-37" in 3 files.

Failure and Strange Details¶

FAILED DUMP DETAILS:
/--  jamon.slikon.local /var lev 0 FAILED [/bin/tar exited with status 2]
sendbackup: info BACKUP=APPLICATION
sendbackup: info APPLICATION=amgtar
sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |amgtar -f... -
sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz
sendbackup: info end
? /bin/tar: ./gdm: Cannot savedir: Permission denied
| Total bytes written: 943831040 (901MiB, 4.9MiB/s)
| /bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
sendbackup: error [/bin/tar exited with status 2]
sendbackup: size 921710
sendbackup: end
\\--------
STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
/--  bsdfw.slikon.local / lev 0 STRANGE
sendbackup: info BACKUP=APPLICATION
sendbackup: info APPLICATION=amgtar
sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |amgtar -f... -
sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz
sendbackup: info end
| /bin/tar: ./tmp/.X11-unix/X0: socket ignored
| Total bytes written: 5530869760 (5.2GiB, 3.0MiB/s)
sendbackup: size 5401240
sendbackup: end
\\--------

This section expands on failures and strange results indicated in earlier sections. In both cases, the details contain a messages produced by the underlying backup tool - GNU tar, in this example. Failed dumps have actually failed, and the reasons are usually clear. Strange dumps, however, are regarded as successful by Amanda, but contain messages that Amanda did not recognize and which may be of interest to the operator.

Dump Summary¶

DUMP SUMMARY:


                                       DUMPER STATS                TAPER STATS
HOSTNAME     DISK        L ORIG-kB  OUT-kB  COMP%  MMM:SS   KB/s MMM:SS     KB/s
-------------------------- ------------------------------------- ---------------
strontium    /etc        1     270     270    --     0:00 1146.3   0:00 140918.6
strontium    -me/elantra 1      10      10    --     0:00   65.6   0:00   9033.4
strontium    /local      0      20      20    --     0:00  133.9   0:00  27624.3
strontium    -ository_13 1    1350    1350    --     0:01 2568.5   0:00 175006.5

The dump summary table has one row for each DLE processed during the run. The "L" column gives the level of the dump. The remaining colums are divided into dumper stats and taper stats.

The dumper stats give the original (before compression) and output (after compression) size of each dump, as well as a compression ratio, if applicable. The column labeled "MMM:SS" gives the time spent on that dump, and the next column is the calculated dump rate.

The taper stats give the time and speed with which the dump was written to storage. This value is the sum of the times for each part, and as such does not include time spent switching volumes.