On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 12:39:57PM -0400, Kuas wrote: > I setup the back-up so that all excluded list are in > /var/lib/amanda/exclude.txt on each machine, so that I can use a general > dump-type. But I haven't been able to get it work. For example, I backed > up all the /var/spool/mail for every user (the emails are in 1 file), > except: A and B. I put in the exclude.txt on that machine: > /var/spool/mail/A and /var/spool/mail/B. This doesn't work, I wonder if > they're absolute path. In the dumptype, I put: > > define dumptype dlgrp-remote-user { > user-tar > comp-high > comment "" > compress client best > index yes > dumpcycle 5 > exclude list "/var/lib/amanda/exclude.txt" > }
There is a HOW-TO Exclude document in the docs directory. Don't hold me to this, but when you read it I think you will find the exclude paths should always be relative. > The second question is about disklist. If I have to change the directory > layout of a system. And change the disklist, I can see that in the next > backup, the new list is used. But, all the old list are still in the > index (I can see it in amrecover). I think it's good if it keep the old > structure (disklist) until all the tapes that contain that data are > reused. Is this the case, if not, how do I delete the entries? Each DLE has its own info and index directory. Delete the old ones? -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)