On Wednesday 13 November 2002 11:59, Niall O Broin wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 11:14:40AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >This is exactly why my nightly backup script, after running the
>> > amdumps and rewinding/ejecting the tapes, tars up all the
>> > amanda config files and directories.  That tar ball then gets
>> > put two places (on two separate machines), each of which are
>> > backed up. So, if my amanda server completely dies, I'll still
>> > have my complete config and set up as of last night.
>>
>> So it looks as if I'm going to have to reinvent that wheel too.
>> I take it that must depend on the system, Jon L. tells me his
>> backups do contain all that.  I *think* he's doing solaris.
>
>Nothing to do with the system at all. It's just a little something
> added into the script which runs amanda each day - I presume at
> least 95% of amanda users run amanda from a cron driven script. A
> couple of lines in that /those (if you run more than one config)
> script(s) and bingo - indices safely squirelled away.

I'm running it directly from crontab, but by the time I get it all 
breathing again, I suspect that's one of the first wheels I grease.  
This sucks.

-- 
Cheers Niall, Gene
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