On Wednesday 23 July 2003 11:03, Kurt Yoder wrote:
>Nicolas Ecarnot said:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My Amanda setup keeps improving tests after tests and I still have
>> so many questions.
>> Today is : How could I do to make automatic flushes (autoflush)
>> but without deleting the holding disk directories ?
>>
>> What I'd like to have is this situation :
>> - cron launches amdump
>> - the autoflush option is set, so as to write datas on the holding
>> disk AND to tape
>> - but to keep the last holding disk directory
>> - Another cron would remove the (n-1) last hoslding disk directory
>>
>> That way, I could restore the previous-day files directly from the
>> holding disk files, without having to go search my tapes.
>
>Just an idea for you: use rsync to make on-line backups of all your
>amanda disks. This is what I do. That way, there's no tweaking of
>amanda necessary (though rsync must be set up). Restoring files from
>your on-line backups is then as simple as using "scp", "ftp", or
>whatever you want.

I'll second that, works great.

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