On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 11:44:35AM +0200, Walter Willmertinger wrote: > > >Is there any option to switch amdump only to dump to the (large > >enough) holding disk? > >We have the problem that our tape drive (Onstream ADR-50) has a
I think everyone who has an Onstream does. > >frimware problem, as recognized by some people in this group, so > >that the normal way which amdump uses to write to teh tape, produces > >hardware errors, when reading the tape. > >The firmware has problems with the large breaks between writing > >different tape blocks, which is an usual feature of amanda. > > > >So I thought of > >1. using amdump to produce the holding disk > >2. after amdump has completely finished writing to the holding disk, > >to use amflush to save the whole thing on tape. This should work, > >because in this case the tape is written in one large amount without > >any break. Just leave the tape out, it will automatically collect on the holding disk. This assumes you have the reserve parameter (reserve for incrementals) set to a sufficiently low percentage. The default is 100 I think, meaning reserve the entire holding disk for incrementals. > >P.S. A idea I have is to change the amanda.conf by a sed or ed- > >script for the amdump, and after amdump, change it again to allow > >writing to tape? Please don't think of doing this again. Bad idea for several reasons. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
