Re: 2.6.1p2 amcheck doesn't like "define holdingdisk" in my amanda.conf

2010-03-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 29 March 2010, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: >On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Craig Constantine wrote: >> ...line 2 is the "define holdingdisk . . ." line. Isn't this how I >> define a holdingdisk? > >Until 3.1, you had to just use > > holdingdisk foo { > ... > } > >In 3.1, you can define

Re: 2.6.1p2 amcheck doesn't like "define holdingdisk" in my amanda.conf

2010-03-29 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Craig Constantine wrote: > that works with amcheck, etal. (I've emailed jds@ about the error in the man > page for amanda.conf .) I'm sure he'll be amused! He's moved on to bigger and better things (well, smaller and better .. embedded systems and MEMS, if I rec

Re: 2.6.1p2 amcheck doesn't like "define holdingdisk" in my amanda.conf

2010-03-29 Thread Craig Constantine
I have an /etc/amanda/foo/amanda.conf which starts with: define holdingdisk "external_holding" { directory "/media/amanda_holdingdisk" } ...it seems it should be just holdingdisk "name" { that works with amcheck, etal. (I've emailed jds@ about the error in the man page for amanda.conf .) -

Re: 2.6.1p2 amcheck doesn't like "define holdingdisk" in my amanda.conf

2010-03-29 Thread Craig Constantine
I suspect you're looking a the newest manpages. The 2.6.1 manpages are correct for that version: http://wiki.zmanda.com/man/2.6.1/amanda.conf.5.html#id538874 yeup. I got zinged by the recent release of 3.1, combined with my older bookmark to the "current" manpages... doh :)

Re: 2.6.1p2 amcheck doesn't like "define holdingdisk" in my amanda.conf

2010-03-29 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>Yeah, it's a mistake in the man page (which says "define holdingdisk >>name ...".) >> >>-c >> > I appreciate the reply, but it should be kept on list so the next person can > search the archives.  I've added it. I suspect you're looking a th

Re: 2.6.1p2 amcheck doesn't like "define holdingdisk" in my amanda.conf

2010-03-29 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Craig Constantine wrote: > ...line 2 is the "define holdingdisk . . ." line. Isn't this how I define a > holdingdisk? Until 3.1, you had to just use holdingdisk foo { ... } In 3.1, you can define as many holding disks as you want, and then use them define h

Re: 2.6.1p2 amcheck doesn't like "define holdingdisk" in my amanda.conf

2010-03-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 29 March 2010, Craig Constantine wrote: >> I don't think it needs the 'define' above, here is mine that has been >> in continuous use for several years now: > >Thanks! > >Yeah, it's a mistake in the man page (which says "define holdingdisk >name ...".) > >-c > I appreciate the reply, but

Re: 2.6.1p2 amcheck doesn't like "define holdingdisk" in my amanda.conf

2010-03-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 29 March 2010, Craig Constantine wrote: >I have an /etc/amanda/foo/amanda.conf which starts with: > >define holdingdisk "external_holding" { > directory "/media/amanda_holdingdisk" >} > >...and amcheck complains: > >amandabac...@backupserver:/etc/amanda/foo$ amcheck foo >"/etc/amanda/fo

2.6.1p2 amcheck doesn't like "define holdingdisk" in my amanda.conf

2010-03-29 Thread Craig Constantine
I have an /etc/amanda/foo/amanda.conf which starts with: define holdingdisk "external_holding" { directory "/media/amanda_holdingdisk" } ...and amcheck complains: amandabac...@backupserver:/etc/amanda/foo$ amcheck foo "/etc/amanda/foo/amanda.conf", line 2: DUMPTYPE, INTERFACE, TAPETYPE, APPL