Robert Heller <[email protected]> writes: > At Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:38:36 -0500 Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Matt <[email protected]> writes: >> >> I'm trying to run the dump during the day and then send the backup >> to Amazon at night when it won't disturb my bandwidth. >> >> Long ago I did this by having two config files, one with /dev/missing as >> the tape, or something like that, so all works well except that opening >> the tape fails. Then the config is swapped back to use the tape. > > You don't really have to 'swap' the config. Just call am<mumble> with > the other config -- eg: > > During the day: > > amdump whatever-notape ... > > Then at night: > > amflush whatever-amazontape
Sure, but they have to point to the same databases, and moving the config seemed less scary that way than overlaid pointers. But I think it works out to be the same.
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