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Re: Removing unwanted dumps.

2005-01-31 16:06:40
Subject: Re: Removing unwanted dumps.
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:54:57 -0500
On Monday 31 January 2005 13:38, Eric Siegerman wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 01:11:48PM -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>> The curinfo db has very little info that would make a difference.
>> As to particular dumps, things like date, size, level are only
>> kept for the most recent at each level.
>
>I misspoke.  I should have said, "curinfo + indexes + any other
>info that Amanda keeps around".  What you say applies to curinfo
>itself, but what about the rest?  If nothing else, those index
>files will take up some space; will they ever be deleted, or will
>they hang around forever?
>
No, they'll be deleted as they age out of revelance by amanda.

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