On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:36 PM, John Morris <jman AT ablesky DOT com> wrote:
> My question is, is this actually a good idea?  Will there be any problems I
> haven't anticipated, such as the two configs conflicting?  For example, I
> notice that there is only one /etc/amandates file that is presumably shared
> by both configurations.  I don't know whether the date to begin incrementals
> from is from this file or from /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists.

No, it isn't a good idea, because there's a better solution that
doesn't involve this sort of gymnastics: RAIT.  You can set up a RAIT
between the two tape devices, and then even if a drive is down, your
recoveries will work fine.

Dustin

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