>> >Why doesn't Amanda use the following portable, non-destructive write test:
>> >
>> >read label; amlabel -f config label
...
>AFAIK the label has a fixed size of 64kB ...
It's 32 KBytes, but be that as it may ...
>so writing it over itself should not change a single byte. ...
It doesn't cha
"John R. Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >Why doesn't Amanda use the following portable, non-destructive write test:
> >
> >read label; amlabel -f config label
>
> How do you figure this is non-destructive? It completely clobbers all
> access to data beyond the label. What if there was
>Why doesn't Amanda use the following portable, non-destructive write test:
>
>read label; amlabel -f config label
How do you figure this is non-destructive? It completely clobbers all
access to data beyond the label. What if there was some problem and
amcheck was happy with the tape but you re
"Carey Jung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > when I do amcheck and no error are reported, can I trust it 100 %
> > > that the backup will work?
> >
> > Well, there's always Murphy's law :-)
> >
>
> amcheck doesn't, by default, try to write to the tape. It just reads the
> label. If, for
>
> > when I do amcheck and no error are reported, can I trust it 100 %
> > that the backup will work?
>
> Well, there's always Murphy's law :-)
>
amcheck doesn't, by default, try to write to the tape. It just reads the
label. If, for example, the write-protect tab is set on today's tape,
amche
On Mar 6, 2001, Olivier Collet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> when I do amcheck and no error are reported, can I trust it 100 %
> that the backup will work?
Well, there's always Murphy's law :-)
If something breaks after amcheck completes, the backup may fail on
the broken host. Also, some host
Thanks a lot for your explanation. One more question , when I do amcheck
and no error are reported, can I trust it 100 % that the backup will work
?
regards
--
Olivier Collet
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, John R. Jackson wrote:
> >I'm in new in this amanda world.
>
> Welcome!
>
> >First the cron
>I'm in new in this amanda world.
Welcome!
>First the cron job on the server launches the amdump
>The amanda checks the disklist and connect to the client via UDP
>The Client answer back via UDP and launches amandad which takes care of
>the transit.
>Is it right ?
Pretty much, although the actu
Hello,
I'm in new in this amanda world.
I just wanted to know If I figured out correctly what happend exactly
when amanda does a backup.
First the cron job on the server launches the amdump
The amanda checks the disklist and connect to the client via UDP
The Client answer back via UDP and launc
