"Bort, Paul" wrote:
If you can't append, you could write your indexes to a separate tape, as a
separate backup set.
Or to a MO/Zip/ORB disk. You just have to
cp -auv /var/lib/amanda/Set1 MO/Zip-directory
It may not be "vital" for the backups to save the index, but I insist on
having it
You should be able to read it off by catting /dev/st0 or similar; One
question I'd like to add is, is it possible to store the updated indexes on
the tape - I ask because in case of disaster, you'd ideally want to be able
to know that you need tapes 5,6,7 and no others to bring your system back
10, 2001 4:17 PM
To: 'Bradley Glonka'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Disaster Recovery Recipe
You should be able to read it off by catting /dev/st0 or similar; One
question I'd like to add is, is it possible to store the updated indexes on
the tape - I ask because in case of disaster, you'd id
... Can these indexes be written to tape as well ...
That's a part of the taper rewrite work to be done. It will provide
for a "File-1" that is written at the start of each tape and a "File-N"
that is written at the end of each tape. What you put in them will be
up to you, but the Amanda
