On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 at 8:20pm, Rivera, Edwin wrote > Q1: Is it possible to run two simultaneous instances of Amanda (amdump) at > one time? I have two tape devices each running a different configuration. > I'd like to run them both starting at midnight every night. Each one writes > to a different tape device and uses a different holding disk. I remember > someone posting once that they got a message like: "amdump is already > running"
IIRC, yes. The caveat is that no client can be in two configs, because two amandads cannot run side by side. That limitation *can* be sidestepped with a patch John R. Jackson has posted a couple of times -- search the archives for it. To make sure you don't get the 'amdump is already running' message make sure that the two configurations do not share a logdir (in addition to everything else). > Q2: Where can I read up on some info on backing up Directories vs. > Filesystems? I remember reading that I have to use GNU-Tar to do this (no > problem), however, I'd like to read up on a thread or web document if anyone > knows where i can get details on this, please let me know. > Hmmm, what do you need to know? Backing up a directory with tar works just like you think it should, i.e. analogous to backing up an entire filesystem with dump. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
