2005/9/14, Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>:
> 
> An alternative, if you use gnutar rather than dump, is to exclude
> the directory containing the holding disks space.  I have my
> holding disk spread over 4 drives.  I named each consistantly
> as dumps/amanda, relative to the filesystems root.  Thus in my
> exclude file I simply have "./dumps/amanda" listed and all 4
> holding disk spaces are skipped.  Perhaps you could comment
> out the 'holdingdisk no' parameter and replace it with an
> 'exclude file append <relative path to holding disk>' for
> a night and see the effect.  (check the syntax first)
> 

I'll try that. Thanks. 

What happens if I don't back up the holding disk ? I mean, on my
holding disk I have the dumps themselves, the logs, and the indexes.

Should I exclude all this, or only the dumps themselves ?

If I lose the index data, it means I will no longer be able to use
amrecover right ?