On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 11:12:10PM -0400, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> Bummer.
> 
> > Is it possible to configure Amanda from scratch on a seperate server and 
> > use the failed servers tapes to restore data?
> 
> Absolutely.
> 
> There are two possible scenarios here:

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Joshua correct me if I'm in error here.

It is regularly stated that FQDN hostnames should be used in the disklist.
Yet just as regularly amanda administrators use "localhost" in the disklist.

Here is one scenario demonstrating a reason for using FQDN !!

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