On Wednesday 13 November 2002 11:59, Niall O Broin wrote: >On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 11:14:40AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >This is exactly why my nightly backup script, after running the >> > amdumps and rewinding/ejecting the tapes, tars up all the >> > amanda config files and directories. That tar ball then gets >> > put two places (on two separate machines), each of which are >> > backed up. So, if my amanda server completely dies, I'll still >> > have my complete config and set up as of last night. >> >> So it looks as if I'm going to have to reinvent that wheel too. >> I take it that must depend on the system, Jon L. tells me his >> backups do contain all that. I *think* he's doing solaris. > >Nothing to do with the system at all. It's just a little something > added into the script which runs amanda each day - I presume at > least 95% of amanda users run amanda from a cron driven script. A > couple of lines in that /those (if you run more than one config) > script(s) and bingo - indices safely squirelled away.
I'm running it directly from crontab, but by the time I get it all breathing again, I suspect that's one of the first wheels I grease. This sucks. -- Cheers Niall, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.19% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
