On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 10:37:48AM -0500, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Jon LaBadie <[email protected]> wrote: > > When a large DLE doesn't tape all the split parts > > before running out of tapes, could the subsequent > > flush (amflush or autoflush) pick up where the > > original taping left off? > > > > I just had a large DLE (23 3GB parts) fail on > > the last part by just 800MB. ??On the subsequent > > amdump the DLE autoflushed the entire 23 parts > > where only one part was needed. > > Amanda has historically avoided this for, as I understand it, > reliability reasons. Once the dump fails during one run, it's in the > catalog as a failed run and can't easily be "extended" into a > successful run. > > That said, the multi-taper support now handles switching dumps from > one in-progress tape to another, so maybe the reliability reasons are > gone now? > > At any rate, this would be pretty difficult to implement, but it's a cool > idea! >
I'll certainly defer to you knowledge of the difficulty. I was thinking that the logic is already there for the split disk feature. The added code would be for saving its state and recreating it on the next flush. I know, Suitable Patches Are Always Welcomed. :) Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie [email protected] JG Computing 12027 Creekbend Drive (703) 787-0884 Reston, VA 20194 (703) 787-0922 (fax)
