On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 at 6:14pm, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote > A solution could be to add a new option in a dumptype > active [yes|no] > alive [yes|no] > backup [yes|no] > dobackup [yes|no] > > That say if amanda must do backup of this disk, but the disk will > be known to all other amanda command. > > You will need to change the dumptype of a disk when it is removed. > > Another solution could be to add it directly in the disklist file, as > a prefix before the hostname. > > DEAD host.dead.com /disk/dead ....
I'd have to say the 2nd option seems more straightforward from an admin perspective -- no need for multiple dumptypes specifying inactive disks or compound dumptypes in the disklist. And one can see, without a doubt, which disks are marked inactive simply by looking at the disklist. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
