Re: Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-06 Thread Kevin Dalley
Designing the user interface for software isn't trivial, and requires changes in the behavior depending upon users' comments and behavior. I like amanda, but if people don't understand a software message, then it isn't clear, regardless of how clear it is to you. Your decisions are very reasonabl

Re: Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-05 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 04:33:44PM -0700, Kevin Dalley wrote: > Yes, these are different issues, but have some similar issues. The > big question is whether the messages are simple for a casual user to > understand. > > > If the file/directory will be automatically created, then amanda > should

Re: Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-05 Thread Kevin Dalley
Yes, these are different issues, but have some similar issues. The big question is whether the messages are simple for a casual user to understand. If the file/directory will be automatically created, then amanda should say warn about the problem, and say that the file/directory will be automati

Re: Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-04 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 11:31:06AM -0700, Kevin Dalley wrote: > Amanda should be clearer on this issue. I think that there is one > similar case where amanda says that the file/directory will be created > next time around. However, the log directory won't be created, if you > add a new config. T

Re: Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-04 Thread Kevin Dalley
Amanda should be clearer on this issue. I think that there is one similar case where amanda says that the file/directory will be created next time around. However, the log directory won't be created, if you add a new config. This is confusing. Michael Loftis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > --On

Re: Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-04 Thread Vicki Stanfield
Peter Kunst wrote: Vicki Stanfield wrote: I discovered that some things on a remote machine were not being backed up. Some things on that same machine were but not everything that should be. that stuff that wasn't backed up, was there an entry (DLE) of it in the disklist of your current config

Re: Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-01 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Vicki, on Freitag, 01. April 2005 at 23:50 you wrote to amanda-users: VS> VS> NOTE: info dir VS> /var/lib/amanda/Progeny01/curinfo/pollux/_net_pollux_project_new-ps-archive_50: VS> does not exist VS> VS> I obviously have another knowledge gap when it comes to how VS> amanda works. I expec

Re: Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-01 Thread Peter Kunst
Vicki Stanfield wrote: I discovered that some things on a remote machine were not being backed up. Some things on that same machine were but not everything that should be. that stuff that wasn't backed up, was there an entry (DLE) of it in the disklist of your current config ? I tried to add the

Re: Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-01 Thread Michael Loftis
--On Friday, April 01, 2005 16:50 -0500 Vicki Stanfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What am I missing here? Nothing, they'll get created at the next run. the NOTE is just that, a note, it's not an ERROR or even a WARNING -- it's just saying hey i saw something you might like to know about.

Re: Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-01 Thread Frank Smith
--On Friday, April 01, 2005 16:50:34 -0500 Vicki Stanfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I discovered that some things on a remote machine were not being backed up. > Some things on that same machine were but not everything that should be. I > tried to add the lines to the disklist by copying th

Adding new stuff to disklist

2005-04-01 Thread Vicki Stanfield
I discovered that some things on a remote machine were not being backed up. Some things on that same machine were but not everything that should be. I tried to add the lines to the disklist by copying the ones that were there and editing them. I then ran amcheck and got this: NOTE: info dir /