>I'm wondering if amanda can be configured to backup to tape and to disk
>at the same time. We need to archive backups onto tape but we'd like to
>have at least 24 hours worth of backups on disk for ease of restores.
>Can this be done?
Not without a small code change.
In driver.c, function handle_taper_result, case DONE, there is a call (in
2.4.2, don't know what you're running) to delete_diskspace. Just comment
that out and it should do what you're asking (although I didn't test it).
Note that you have to have enough holding disk space to pull this off.
And that this will not help any dumps sent direct to tape.
>Also, what is the proper way to configure amanda to dump only to disk?
>Right now we're telling it to dump to a fake (and invalid) tape device
>so that it fails and goes to disk. Of course with this comes amanda's
>reluctance to do level 0's when it's spooling to tape which is
>undesirable.
Not sure I understood that last part, but the first is OK, i.e. tell it
to use /dev/no-such-device. If you're asking how to tell Amanda to go
ahead and do full dumps in this mode, look at the "reserve" amanda.conf
parameter and set it to less than 100%.
>-Bill
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
