On Monday, 14.04.2003 at 12:50 +0200, Alexander JOLK wrote:

> > If backups have been stored in the holding disk for Friday's and
> > Monday's backups, would amflush try to flush the contents to _one_
> > tape, or to two?
> 
> 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 flushed to
> one tape, you can do it if it fits, otherwise you can flush to the
> tapes amanda would have expected.
> 
> Be aware though that amanda won't do full backups normally when she is
> forced to go to holding disk; that's likely to destabilize your backup
> rhythm over the weekend, but things will smooth out within a few days.
> (Just had failing tapes during two consecutive nights, with no time to
> flush between, and it recovered nicely.)

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 Real Work those
days - the incrementals will be pretty small ...

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Ewart
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Cancer Research UK
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