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-----Original Message-----
From: Zembower, Kevin
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:39 AM
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: RE: Advice on flushing a large dump

Dustin, thanks so much for your suggestion. Unfortunately, it didn't work for 
me:
backup@centernet:/dumps$ amadmin DBackup holding delete tobaccodev
amadmin: unknown command "holding"

Usage: amadmin <conf> <command> {<args>} [-o configoption]* ...
    Valid <command>s are:
        version                                 # Show version info.
        config                                  # Show configuration.
        force [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]+         # Force level 0 at next run.
        unforce [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]+       # Clear force command.
        force-bump [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]+    # Force bump at next run.
        force-no-bump [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]+ # Force no-bump at next run.
        unforce-bump [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]+  # Clear bump command.
        disklist [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]*      # Debug disklist entries.
        reuse <tapelabel> ...            # re-use this tape.
        no-reuse <tapelabel> ...         # never re-use this tape.
        find [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]*   # Show which tapes these dumps are on.
        delete [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]+ # Delete from database.
        info [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]*   # Show current info records.
        due [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]*    # Show due date.
        balance [-days <num>]            # Show nightly dump size balance.
        tape [-days <num>]               # Show which tape is due next.
        bumpsize                         # Show current bump thresholds.
        export [<hostname> [<disks>]* ]* # Export curinfo database to stdout.
        import                           # Import curinfo database from stdin.
backup@centernet:/dumps$ amadmin DBackup version
build: VERSION="Amanda-2.5.1p1"
<snip>

Is your 'holding delete' the same as this version's 'delete'? I'm nervous about 
something that just says, "Delete from database."

Thanks, again, for trying to help me.

-Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: djmitche AT gmail DOT com [mailto:djmitche AT gmail DOT com] On Behalf Of 
Dustin J. Mitchell
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:48 AM
To: Zembower, Kevin
Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: Advice on flushing a large dump

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Zembower, Kevin <kzembowe AT jhuccp DOT org> 
wrote:
> 3). Is there any way to destroy what's on my holdingdisk now for the 
> tobaccodev server, so that amanda will again try to backup at the level it 
> tried before? I've now set the dumptype to use server compression for this 
> host, so I may get a result that will fit on the tape.

  amadmin $conf holding delete $host [ $disk [ .. ] ]

Dustin

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