Nick,

> You can break the process into two steps:
>
>  1. Run a cron job which will run the pre-script, copy /db1
>     to a staging location, and then run the post-script.
>
>  2. Have amanda backup the staging area, instead of /db1.

That works well if the database represents a small percentage of the storage
to be backed up.  If it is a high percentage then you would need a very
large staging area.

Doug

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