Hi,
try a command like this in crontab:
amcheck configname && amdump configname
if amcheck doesn't find a usable tape or sufficent holdingspace
it exits with a result > 0 and amdump never gets executed....
Christoph
Rainer Hofmann schrieb:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a FAQ or Howto describing how to use CRON to control
> amanda backups. My problem is to prevent cron from execution if the
> right tape has not been inserted. I don't have a tape changer. May be
> the person responsible for changing the tape fell ill or for some
> other reason (holiday, vacation) wasn't able to change it. Holding
> disk capacity will be exceeded very quickly.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Rainer Hofmann
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