On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 at 12:47pm, pll+amanda AT permabit DOT com wrote

> Is there anyway to flush backups on the holding disk prior to dumping 
> new backups?  I have a bunch of stuff sitting on a holding disk which 
> will likely fit fine on the same tape as tonights backups.  However, 
> even if something it causes tonight's backups to be placed on the 
> holding disk, I'd rather get the older stuff onto tape and deal with 
> the new stuff later.  
> 
> Is there a variable somewhere which can tell amanda to look for data 
> on the holding disk and prioritize writing that to tape before 
> writing other newer stuff?

autoflush yes

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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University