Jens Bech Madsen wrote:
>
> One thing to note, though, is that Amanda doesn't do level
> 0 dumps to disk. Only incrementals will be dumped to holding disk if
> the wrong tape is detected.
>
This is not true. AMANDA _will_ do full backups to the holding disk, if
the "reserve" parameter is set to something less than 100. If reserve is
set to x (0 < x < 100), then 100-x percent will be available for full
backups on the holding disk. If the images fit, AMANDA will put them
there. This is how I get the AMANDA backup images (full and
incrementals) on my magneto-optical disks every day - I copy them from
the holding disk before I launch the daily flush operation ;-) Works
very well if tapes and disks are of same capacity and are labelled the
same (so that he index database is valid for the disks too).
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Regards
Chris Karakas
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