amverify - check an Amanda tape for errors
SYNOPSIS
amverify config [ slot ]
DESCRIPTION
Amverify reads an Amanda format tape and makes sure each
backup image can be processed by amrestore and, if possi
ble, the appropriate restore program (e.g. tar).
Amverify runs amrestore on each file of the tape and pipes
the output to a restore program (if available) with an
option to create a catalogue of the backup. The catalogue
itself is discarded. Only the success or failure of the
operation itself is reported.
If the backup image cannot be processed by the restore
program, e.g. if it was written on a different operating
system, the image is sent through dd to /dev/null. This
still determines if the tape is readable, but does not do
any internal consistency check on the image.
If config is set up to use a tape changer, the slot argu
ment may be used to choose the first tape to process.
Otherwise, the current slot is used.
The runtapes configuration parameter determines how many
tapes are processed.
See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
AUTHOR
Axel Zinser <fifi@icem.de>
SEE ALSO
amrestore(8), amanda(8)
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