On Thursday 13 December 2007, Tom Herrera wrote:
>I am new to both Linux and Amanda, so please be gentle. I've recently come
>over from the dark side of Windoze.
>
>I've inherited a small net from a previous sysop. He was using Amanda on two
>servers, and I would like to continue use, but I'm finding it a bit
>challenging.
>
>I've gotten as far as determining there are a large number of Amanda
>directories left on the holding disk. I would like to flush those to an
>entirely separate tape, outside of my Daily config, but am unsure how to do
>this.  I would like to flush those directories today if possible, so that I
>can move on to resolving errors on the amreport I receive (and which I will
>ask about in a separate email).
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Tom

Generally speaking, Tom, anything that's left in the holding disk, probably 
due to a tape error, is still part of the database amanda keeps, so they 
should be flushed to the next available tape in the rotation.  Otherwise you 
are miss-placing valuable info that amanda may need in the future.

The real question is why they were not properly flushed originally.

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