This makes sure each host is up and running and that permissions on filesystems to be backed up are correct. When -m is also set, mail the report to address instead of the mailto value from amanda.conf . Only the tape server host checks are run. Only the backup client host checks are run. The check is only made if the tape is otherwise correct.
Nothing is printed, but mail is sent if any errors are detected.
The mail goes to the mailto address as specified in the amanda.conf file or the address value if -M is set. In this example, both the tape server and backup client tests are run. The results are displayed on standard output. Tape VOL10 label ok. Server check took 34.966 seconds.