Hi, Harald, --> What Jon said is correct, but I will rephrase from a different viewpoint
Amanda goes like this: - grab data from where it lives - copy to holding disk - move on to tape: - if there is a tape, and there's room on it, and so on - move in large chunks, possibly tape sized, so that the tape never stops So if there is a problem with the tape, you still do the backup, but it only gets as far as the holding disk. One advantage of this, if you have a large holding disk, is that it is moved across the network at the expected time when network traffic is probably lower. Then "amflush" is used to move the data from the holding disk to the tape when you resolve whatever problem stopped it going to tape in the first place. --> Next point: Why did you expect the other behavior? Are you trying to do disk-to-disk-to-tape backups? Or just using Amanda to backup to a disk? These can both be done, but it's slightly more configuration. I am doing disk-to-disk backup to 250GB disks, then moving the disks (in USB external cases) to off-site storage. Look ma, no tapes! For backups to disk, see: http://www.amanda.org/docs/howto-filedriver.html http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/File_driver Rob -- Rob Echlin Software Development Environment Prime Espial IPTV rechlin -at- espial.com Phone: +1 613-230-4770 ext 1150 www.espial.com -------- Espial Group Inc. Confidential -------- Important Notice: This communication is intended to be received only by the individual or entity to whom or to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or subject to copyright. Any unauthorized use, copying, review or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete the message and notify the sender by reply email. Thank you for your cooperation. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harald Schioeberg Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 3:10 PM To: Jean-Louis Martineau Cc: amanda-users@amanda.org Subject: Re: Amanda always flushes holding-disk Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: > I'm always happy to see that amanda do what it should do. > Ok, but what's the "autoflush off" parameter good for? harald