--On Thursday, May 22, 2003 21:38:44 +0200 Per von Zweigbergk <pvz AT linux DOT 
se> wrote:

So, what happens if:

1) Someone forgot to change tape one day, or even for a week, but then 
continues to swap tapes as if nothing happened, not running amflush?

On the older versions of Amanda, it would just stay in the holding disk.
The latest versions (optionally?) autoflush when amdump runs.

2) If there is a week long holiday, does the operator have to flush onto 5 more 
tapes?

Only as many tapes as it takes, it can flush more than one run on a tape.
Some people with small disks and large expensive tapes intentionally leave
the tape out of the drive for several days so they can flush it all to one
one tape and get better tape utilization.

Frank

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