On 6 May 2003 at 9:57am, Eric Sproul wrote

> This is just a sanity-check kind of question.  Is it safe to change the
> dumptype of a DLE after it's already active in a config?  I'm having
> problems with dump (no "I-told-you-so's" OK?) and want to switch this
> DLE to gtar.  Last night I got a level-2 of it.  If I switch to gtar,
> what will happen?  Will AMANDA notice the change and "start over" with a
> full backup using gtar?

It's probably^Wdefinitely best to do a 'amadmin $CONFIG force $HOST $DLE' 
when you switch your backup program.  That way you'll start with a full on 
tape of the right archive format.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University