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 system restore program (e.g. tar).

       Amverify runs amrestore on each file of the tape and pipes
       the output to the system restore program 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  dump  image  cannot  be  processed  by the system
       restore program, e.g. if it was  written  on  a  different
       operating  system,  the  image is still processed by amre-
       store but thrown away.  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)