On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 09:59:53AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > Discard a perfectly valid dump? Possibly the one and only copy of some data? > It still could be used by a SysAdmin in a number of ways. For example, it > could be manually taped or stored in some manner; it could be used for amanda > restore/recovery from the holding disk. I wouldn't assume, nor want, amanda > to discard it under the conditions you encountered. How to deal with the > unexpected situation should be the SA's decision. Valid points. Then can we address why it was backed up in the first place?
I do not want to have to spend a few hours every night trying to make sure every backup will fit on a tape. If a sysadmin screws up his excludes, or loads 20gb extra on his system, I want a report in the morning to deal with (get the sysadmin in question to alter his excludes or his DLEs) and not 3 blank tapes and something in the dumpspace I have to manually remove. -- Joe Rhett senior geek meer.net
