Hi!

> Since this left /amanda/work as unavailable I'd have expected amanda
> to have run in degraded mode writing directly to the tape drive, 
> however amanda reported that there was no more room in the work area
> and exited without performing any dumps at all.

Isn't the term 'degraded mode' used in the situation exactly opposite 
to yours, i.e. when the tape is not available but holding disk is then 
Amanda tries to put as much of stuff as possible on the holding disk?

I still think, though, that in your situation dumps should have gone 
directly to tape.
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