Amanda-Users

Re: Amanda reporting File shrank by...

2006-05-18 05:19:00
Subject: Re: Amanda reporting File shrank by...
From: Luis Rodrigues <luis AT ess.co DOT at>
To: Olivier Nicole <on AT cs.ait.ac DOT th>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:12:51 +0200
There is no need since I have a statusbord with all the services running on my 
company.
It has red, yellow and gree ligths , I just check the ones that are not green :)

So I will change to maildir and be done with it (less work than compiling)

Thanks.

Luis

On Thu, 18 May 2006 09:22:59 +0700 (ICT)
Olivier Nicole <on AT cs.ait.ac DOT th> wrote:

> > (I have a script that only sends me the report when this line
> > apears) so I had one less mail to check.
> 
> Change your script to filter the body of the email and to drop if the
> failure is on the mail directory.
> 
> But it is considered as a good practice to send email even if
> everything is going fine, that way you know that Amanda is still
> running. Else, if you don't receive email everyday, it could be that
> there is no problem or that there is no Amanda.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Olivier