Jon LaBadie: >>On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 11:08:10AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Aaron Smith: >> >> > Is there a way to tell Amanda something along the lines >> of "When coming >> >up with your schedule of which machine to back up first, always do THESE >> >two machines first..."? >> >> >> You could use the "starttime" parameter in the DLE and give it an >> absolute time to start the backup. > >Is that an absolute time it will start or a "not before" time? >Perhaps to force one to run earliest, the others should have a >starttime set to later than the dump begins.
Hmm . . looking at the man pages, you're right. But I remember playing with it some time ago & varying the starttime up & down my backup window, I got the impression it worked like it as absolute time. Perhaps I was just fooling myself - again. Have a good New Year! ----------------------------------------------------- toby bluhm philips medical systems, it support, mr development, cleveland ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] 440-483-5323
