On 2007-04-14 01:28, Frank Smith wrote:
> Chris Marble wrote:
>> Guy Dallaire wrote:
>>> I really wish there was an easy way to instruct amanda to wait for all the
>>> client files,  before starting dumping the holding disk to tape, but there
>>> isn't.
>> Just run the backup without a tape in the drive and then amflush the backup
>> sometime later.
> 
> Unfortunately, that method doesn't work well if you're using a library.
> While it is possible to use a wrapper script to change the devices
> to something non-existent before each run and then changing it back
> and running amflush, it would be much more convenient to simply
> have a config option that delays taper until after the dumps are
> finished.

Indeed, in the meantime, you can play around with command line options
to alter the amanda.conf parameters:

http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amanda#CONFIGURATION_OVERWRITE

First run amdump to holdingdisk, setting the tapedev to e.g. /dev/notape
(do not use /dev/null -- amanda assumes tapedev /dev/null is for testing
purposes and makes a backup, and trows it away).
Then run amflush using the paramaters in amanda.conf



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