H,

I will try to make a patch available for that soon.

Are you using a changer? It might need fix too.

Jean-Louis

Lee, Raymond wrote:

Thanks, Sven.  That's exactly what I'd like to do.  However, when I do
"amdump DailySet1 -o tapedev=/dev/null" option and don't change
"tapedev=/dev/rmt/0cbn" in amanda.conf, amdump is still flushing to
tape.  If I change it in amanda.conf, then amdump won't flush to tape.
But then I have to change it back to /dev/rmt/0cbn before I run amflush.

I noticed that the configuration overwrite section of the man page says
"Most commands allow any amanda.conf configuration parameter to be
overridden on the command line with -o option."  Is the tapedev option
not able to be overwritten or do I have the syntax wrong?

Also, after I run amflush, I still see empty directories on my holding
disk.  I have "usetimestamps yes" in amanda.conf, so the empty
directories are named like "20061023123346".  The email I get after
amflush finishes says:

        *** THE DUMPS DID NOT FINISH PROPERLY!

        The dumps were flushed to tape DailySet1-GCB709S1.
        The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape.
        .
        .
        .
        .
        NOTES:
          taper: tape DailySet1-GCB709S1 kb 237632 fm 2 [OK]
        
Is amflush supposed to delete that directory after flushing?  Is that
the reason why the email reported that the dump didn't finish properly?

Thanks,
Ray


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