--On Monday, December 22, 2003 11:10:00 -0500 Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 22 December 2003 07:13, Stefan Hackenthal wrote: >> Hello folks, >> >> I have a question considering old data: our Amanda setup was wrong >> (too large tape length and other problems). Now I want to begin >> anew and get rid of the old data. In the FAQ I found: >> >> "First, remove the `curinfo' database. [..] >> Then, remove any log files from the log directory: >> log.TIMESTAMP.COUNT and amdump.COUNT. Finally, remove the tapelist >> file[..]." >> >> OK, but what about the content of the holding disk (the old, too big >> backup file)? > > You don't have any choice but to remove it too since amanda cannot > span one file across multiple tapes. You could save it for the day when you might get a larger-capacity tape drive ;-). Or save it until you get a proper backup on tape, since you should be able to restore from the holdingdisk if you need to. But if you really want to just start over, nuke it. Frank > > -- > Cheers, Gene > AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 320M > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512M > 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly > Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message > by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
