2005/6/3, Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>:
> On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 03:53:28PM +0800, Ryan Pagquil wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >       I'm running amanda right now without any problem. Thanks for your
> > help.
> >
> >       I got a question regarding dump failure. I'm thinking of what
> > will i do if one of the hosts or host's directories failed to dump. Is
> > there any way to dump that single host or host directory only? Or there
> > is another way to deal with this kind of problem.
> 
> man amdump shows:
> 
>   SYNOPSIS
>      amdump config [ host [ disk ]* ]*
> 
> So it looks like you can.
> 

I think Ryan wanted the "big picture", not a reference to a man page. 
I'm new to amanda, and the problem I see with the documentation is
that there is no real overview as to how to effectively use amanda to
backup and restore files.

Ryan probably wanted to know if amanda would automatically pick up the
host and/or disk on it's next run (I presume it will, provided the
problem with that host is fixed)

It would be very useful to have a documentation that explains that
sort of things. I know there is the FAQ-O-MATIC, but most of the
amanda doc seems to presume the user is already familliar with the
product. I cannot find any good doc for the amanda beginner.