>> Put /dev/null in for your tape device when running the amdumps, then >> set it to a real tape and do an amflush. > >Wasn't there a comment on this list before about using something non- >existent (like /dev/nosuchdevice) instead of /dev/null because amanda >was somehow 'aware' of /dev/null and would perform backups differently?
Absolutely correct. Do **not** set tapedev to /dev/null unless you really want Amanda to throw all your data away. That "feature" is meant for debugging, performance test, etc. At 2.4.3 this changes to "null:" and "/dev/null" goes back to an older behavior of throwing an error (since you cannot rewind it :-). But I would still strongly recommend the "/no/such/device" technique -- you know for certain what's going on with that. >Frank John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
