Re: amdump dry run?

2014-03-06 Thread Brian Cuttler
I believe amanda TEEs the output of the dump, spooling it to the holding area and also reading the dump/tar file to create an index. I'm uncertain when (as created or after the DLE is fully spooled) the index file is placed in the server side tree for storage. On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 09:20:56PM

Re: amdump dry run?

2014-03-06 Thread Nathan Stratton Treadway
On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 21:20:56 -0500, Michael Stauffer wrote: Yes, thanks I was trying to avoid that since it will take a long time. Although...if I start the dump with --no-taper, is there a file that's written with at the begin of the process with all the files to be dumped? I assume the

amdump dry run?

2014-03-05 Thread Michael Stauffer
Amanda 3.3.4 Hi, Is there a way to get amdump to do a dry run? The idea is to see everything that will be dumped, to check dle settings. For completeness' sake I'd like a list of all files that will be backed up. I can get some idea of amadmin's disklist and estimate commands, but would like

Re: amdump dry run?

2014-03-05 Thread Debra S Baddorf
On Mar 5, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Michael Stauffer mgsta...@gmail.com wrote: Amanda 3.3.4 Hi, Is there a way to get amdump to do a dry run? The idea is to see everything that will be dumped, to check dle settings. For completeness' sake I'd like a list of all files that will be backed up.

Re: amdump dry run?

2014-03-05 Thread Michael Stauffer
Yes, thanks I was trying to avoid that since it will take a long time. Although...if I start the dump with --no-taper, is there a file that's written with at the begin of the process with all the files to be dumped? I assume the index itself is written at the end? -M On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 5:55