--On Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:32:07 -0600 Darren Landrum <dlandrum AT 
co.montrose.co DOT us> wrote:

> I am in charge of seeting up a new backup server for the County of Montrose, 
> CO. My boss has asked me to put together a system that will allow us to 
> buffer a restore job (say, grabbing a file from tape) before sending the file 
> back to its proper place on a server.
> 
> The reason he feels this is necessary is so we can look at a file restored 
> from tape before we destroy anything that might be on the server proper. That 
> way, it can be confirmed by the user that this is indeed the file(s) they 
> need restored before we commit to the final action.
> 
> Is Amanda capable of this kind of operation?

I almost always use Amanda this way, restoring into a scratch directory
and then moving the files to where they need to go.

Frank

> 
> Thank you very much for your time.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Darren Landrum
> Montrose County IT



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