Amanda just runs OS provided backup programs, such as DUMP and TAR. Any other work your database needs must be done in advance, as you suggest with your cron job suggestion. Amanda won’t “prune” databases … but she’ll back up the file that’s on the disk.
Others: correct me if I’m wrong, of course. Debra Baddorf Fermilab > On Jan 5, 2018, at 2:22 PM, Chris Miller <c...@tryx.org> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I can't find any explicit guidance for databases, so I assume that I do any > database preparation in the cron job before I invoke amdump, and then tell > Amanda to prune the database. Am I right? OR, is there an agent for the > common databases, like MySQL, and PostgresSQL? > -- > Chris. > > V:916.974.0424 > F:916.974.0428
