Amanda-Users

Re: Skipped backups

2003-08-12 22:50:33
Subject: Re: Skipped backups
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:49:34 -0400
> --On Friday, July 18, 2003 08:46:28 -0500 Brendon Colby <bren AT midco DOT 
> net> wrote:
> 
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > Last weekend, the data center operators did not put in Saturday and 
> > Sunday's 
> > tapes. Amanda still did the backup to the local disk of course. On Monday, 
> > the next tape was put in, and the backups continued on without complaint. I 
> > still have these two backups on disk though, and I'm not sure what to do 
> > with 
> > them. Do I flush them to the next tape and have them skip the rotation 
> > ahead 
> > one tape (a PITA)? What other options do I have in a situation like this?
> 

You are two tapes behind and have two dumps on the HD right?

Do amflush twice.  It gives you the dates and lets you pick
which one or both to dump.  Do one date each amflush run.

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Jon H. LaBadie                  jon AT jgcomp DOT com
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