On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 03:37:52PM -0400, Colin Henein wrote: > Greetings Amanda types. > > I've been using amanda for a few years now, so I'm pretty sure this can't be > done. I thought I'd ask anyway, perhaps it will stimulate discussion of this > as a potential new feature. > > I'm interested in having amanda flush any backups that are in the holding > area as a part of the nightly amdump run.
That feature is already in 2.4.3b3. Jean-Louis > Our server is co-located with our ISP. While they are pretty good at > changing our tapes, they do occasionally mess up, and we often don't catch > them before the backup runs. What happens is that our backups wind up in the > holding area, as you'd expect. The problem is that it's a multi-step > headache to call the ISP, explain the problem, get the correct tape loaded, > hang up; an amflush is then performed; then we have to call the ISP again, > and get them to put the next night's tape in. > > Now, when you run amflush at the command line, it offers to put all the held > backups onto one tape for you. What would really make life easier for us is > if amdump essentially could be instructed to do the same thing... Take all > the backups from the holding area, and put them on the tape with the results > of the current amdump run. > > Can anyone think of a way to do this with the current Amanda? Would this be > a popular addition if it appeared in a new version? Could this be put on a > feature-request list? > > Colin -- 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
