Amanda-Users

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

2005-11-14 11:04:36
Subject: Re: is excluding /usr/local/var/amanda a bad idea ?
From: Guy Dallaire <clepeterd AT gmail DOT com>
To: Matt Hyclak <hyclak AT math.ohiou DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:54:55 -0500


2005/11/14, Matt Hyclak <hyclak AT math.ohiou DOT edu>:
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 thoughts welcome, as always.
>

Seems logical to me. That way you know if you need to do a bare metal
recovery, you just zip to the last file on the tape and get your indexes
off, and can proceed from there.

Totally agree