Chris Lee wrote at 22:23 +0100 on Sep 13, 2010: > The way I see it the DLE is for the admin to make sub divisions in > the backup to make backing up easier to manage. The software should > store the file object with path and hostname, with the DLE as an > after thought; that way for the other direction of recovery I only > need the Date, file and hostname, the backup software should do the > gruntwork to find the tape required and DLE if it needs to know to > get my file back.
What if the hostname changes - let's say just slightly (like it moves to a different subdomain)? I was looking for a way to have amanda (or tell amanda) about the history change and have operations (restore, incremental backup, etc.) be able to cross the history boundary seamlessly.
