On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 01:31:12PM +0100, BRINER Cedric wrote: > hi, > > 1)the problem is that each time that I use amdump it use 1.1 tape so > actually it use 2 tapes each time.
Look for the new autoflush option of the tapeio branch. amdump will flush what is on the holding disk first. If you set runtapes to 1. You will need to run amflush only once a week. That's what I do now. Jean-Louis > So I was wondering if they was a nice an easy way to put data on the > same tape without touching the amanda data.. > > the idea that I had is the following > -run amdump without inserting the tape so the data will be stored in > the holding disk > -run amflsuh only if the amount of data on the holdingdisk is higher > than what the tape can store > -redo the previous step as much as you can > > so by this way of proceeding you're letting amanda doing is own stuff by > himself. > but to do that amflsuh as to flush the data that are the older first in > the tape and to be able > to flush more than one dump > > >>>>so what do you think about it.. > > I do know that in the case that a tape broke I will probably lose more > than one dump.. > > 2)does amflsuh has a special strategy who care to maximize the data on > each tape... > I think this is a well known problem -- Jean-Louis Martineau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Departement IRO, Universite de Montreal C.P. 6128, Succ. CENTRE-VILLE Tel: (514) 343-6111 ext. 3529 Montreal, Canada, H3C 3J7 Fax: (514) 343-5834
