Author: Dave Ewart <Dave.Ewart AT cancer.org DOT uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 11:31:51 +0100
Dear all, I'd appreciate a little advice on this one - can't find anything pertinent in the FAQ or via the archives ... We started our Amanda backups in February with backups running every weekday ev
Author: Dave Ewart <Dave.Ewart AT cancer.org DOT uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:12:51 +0100
OK, that sounds pretty reassuring - I'd forgotten about the 'choose a day' option for amflush ... there won't be much change on the disks over the extended weekend, since there will no-one doing any
Actually, when you run amflush, it asks you whether you want to flush all dumps from the holding disk, or the subdirectories corresponding to specific dates only. So if you want to have everything f
Author: Dave Ewart <Dave.Ewart AT cancer.org DOT uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:13:57 +0100
Yes, quite. /me goes off to book _additional_ days off ... Thanks, Dave. -- Dave Ewart Dave.Ewart AT cancer.org DOT uk Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford Cancer Research UK PGP: CC70 1883 B
Author: Mitch Collinsworth <mitch AT ccmr.cornell DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:08:57 -0400 (EDT)
Yes. This is one of the cool things about amanda. We've even left amanda running unattended for a whole week at Christmas/New Year's time and flushed everything to tape upon returning in January. No
Author: Matt Hyclak <hyclak AT math.ohiou DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 08:00:47 -0400
On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 11:31:51AM +0100, Dave Ewart enlightened us: amflush gives you a choice of dates to flush, so when you get back on tuesday, stick "friday's" tape in, and flush friday's dumps.
Author: Martin hepworth <martinh AT solid-state-logic DOT com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:32:25 +0100
Dave yup - leave the backups running as normal. When you run amflush it will ask for the backup to dump (or can select all - which the default I think...). -- Martin Hepworth Senior Systems Administr
[ snip ] Huh? My backup is in the holding disk from last evening (busy weekend, forgot to change magazines). Just checked the report, 8 of 27 DLE's got level 0's. Looks pretty normal to me. And it di
Author: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:22:20 -0400
When you run amflush and it finds more than one session in the holding disk, you can select which session it flushes. If one session is a tape full, then just flush them in 2 runs of amflush starting
Author: Dave Ewart <Dave.Ewart AT cancer.org DOT uk>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:32:03 +0100
Yep - thanks Martin, and everyone else ... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Ewart Dave.Ewart AT cancer.org DOT uk Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford Cancer Research UK PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 11