> This one's in the "possible planned features". I think its under > "file-0,file-n". If you write the index database at the _end_ > of the tape, > then its alright. But Amanda's gotta have the facility for > locking partition > ordering.
The one bit of an amanda tape that is ALREADY fixed is the 32k tape trailer label. Could a list be put in there without significant disruption. Just like the first file, and the first 32k of each dump file are in part intended for human consumption, I picture putting an advert in the header file, and a plain text list in the tape trailer. Simplisticly, I immagine generating this from the log.<date> file that amanda leaves behind, or from the equivalent of running "amadmin <conf> export". I also recommend keeping the amanda catalog information on a partition that is dumped "always-full". Chris Ritson
