On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:54:14 +0530 Ranjan Das <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just want to know is there any way to know the progress of the > backup. Not really. "amdump" is a "fire and forget" command. You can get a crude and unreliable view of things by checking the holding disk. If you are using vtapes, you can also check their progress. And there is always "ps aux | grep <backupuser>". But since the planner doesn't tell you what it's planning until the dump is complete, these are very unreliable. > > I use the command >amdump DailySet_Home > > The problem is that i should wait till the backup is complete. if > there is any way to get the backup progress then it would be a better > thing Not really. Amanda is sufficiently forgiving that if you have a problem, you can fix it later on. When the next day's dump runs, Amanda will recover from that problem. In fact, that's a typical policy for dealing with laptops, which are transient machines by their nature. If you haven't already done so, set up a cron job to run your backups at night, when your network is not so busy and your machines are likely to be more coherent. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
