xavier schrieb:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I would want to know if specifying "holdingdisk yes"in my dumptype will
> put my backup only on the holding disk without writting it on tape
> (which is exactly what i want).
>
> I'm asking this because i have 3 backup sets but only one tapedrive. One
> of the sets being daily and the other two being full backups every week
> (working on weekend). Since i'm not at work on weekends i cannot change
> the tapes, so what i though about was to do the dumps on the disk and
> then run amflush on monday, this way the daily dump of monday at 1 aM
> can be done...
>
> Tell me if i am wrong with that, i wanted to be sure.
If you label your weekend types different from the daily sets, the dumps
will sit on the holding disk until the right tape will be in your drive
and you flush them out using amflush. The trick is to label the tapes
with different names, such as daily-nn and weekly-nn.
HTH
-Christoph Sold