Re: is excluding /usr/local/var/amanda a bad idea ?

2005-11-14 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 11 November 2005 05:07, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: He meant a script to read the complete tapes and reconstruct the database from that information. I don't know but what there may be such a utility hidden in the myriad of utils that already come with amanda. Its

Re: is excluding /usr/local/var/amanda a bad idea ?

2005-11-14 Thread Matt Hyclak
On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 03:53:57PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger enlightened us: Maybe we can define a new wish on the AMANDA-wishlist: A new functionality, that adds a new special DLE, containing all the metadata. amdump could dump the metadata AFTER all the regular DLEs ... Ideas and

Re: is excluding /usr/local/var/amanda a bad idea ?

2005-11-14 Thread Guy Dallaire
2005/11/14, Matt Hyclak [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 03:53:57PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger enlightened us: Maybe we can define a new wish on the AMANDA-wishlist: A new functionality, that adds a new special DLE, containing all the metadata. amdump could dump the metadata AFTER all

Re: is excluding /usr/local/var/amanda a bad idea ?

2005-11-14 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 10:54:55AM -0500, Guy Dallaire wrote: 2005/11/14, Matt Hyclak [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 03:53:57PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger enlightened us: Maybe we can define a new wish on the AMANDA-wishlist: A new functionality, that adds a new

Re: Occasional backups to disk

2005-11-14 Thread Paul Bijnens
Robert Tilden wrote: I'd like to be able to back up some of my machines to a holding disk at arbitrary times. For example, I run backups every night at 0100. Some laptop users are unable to leave their machines overnight. I'd like to be able to start a backup for their laptop(s) only, with the

Re: is excluding /usr/local/var/amanda a bad idea ?

2005-11-14 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Jon LaBadie wrote: Might not be the last file on the tape. Suppose you collected things on the holding disk, possibly several days of dumps, before taping. If the metadata were to hold the DLE - tape mappings, the dump of the metadata couldn't begin until after all other DLEs were taped. Does

Re: is excluding /usr/local/var/amanda a bad idea ?

2005-11-14 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 07:22:23PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Jon LaBadie wrote: Might not be the last file on the tape. Suppose you collected things on the holding disk, possibly several days of dumps, before taping. If the metadata were to hold the DLE - tape mappings, the dump

Re: is excluding /usr/local/var/amanda a bad idea ?

2005-11-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 14 November 2005 15:33, Jon LaBadie wrote: On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 07:22:23PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Jon LaBadie wrote: Might not be the last file on the tape. Suppose you collected things on the holding disk, possibly several days of dumps, before taping. If the