At Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:43:05 -0500 Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > 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. 'include' is your friend. The config files in /etc/amanda/whatever-notape and /etc/amanda/whatever-amazontape, include the config in /etc/amanda/whatever-common, which contains all of the common configuration settings. They only differ in that whatever-notape defines that tape device as /dev/missing (or something like that) and whatever-amazontape defines the tape device as the Amazon cloud tape. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (NetBSD) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk7ESokACgkQ+vesoDJhHiXcVwCglmeLtgID5cBZhY0pWpv5Geo+ > eS8Anjp9EqdcDQHmPCbhh0tFYsveYbZY > =5N8k > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / [email protected] Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments
