Re: Testing an Amanda installation
Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]>
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In fact, i think this is the only change you need: #====================================================# # By default, Amanda can only track at most one run per calendar day. When # the usetimestamps option is enabled, however, Amanda can track as many # runs as you care to make. # WARNING: This option is not backward-compatible. Do not enable it if you # intend to downgrade your server installation to Amanda community # edition 2.5 usetimestamps yes #====================================================# Deb Baddorf Fermilab > On Apr 25, 2021, at 10:53 PM, Jose M Calhariz <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 10:22:16AM +0200, Cristian Zoicas wrote: >> >> Hello All >> >> I am very new to Amanda and I would like to ask a question about >> the possibility of testing a specific configuration. >> >> Let's assume that I have enuogh confidence in my Amanda configuration but >> before using it in a production environment I would like to test how the >> backups work. Mainly I would like to do the following: >> >> 1) To run the backup procedure a numer of times in a row and see/check >> that the tapes are correctly used and reused. >> >> 2) That I am able to perform restore operations. >> >> Is it possibile to do that? I am mainly interested in 1 because so far I >> was not able to do that. The unexpected thing that happens when I >> run the backup task in a row is that Amanda behaves as if it is not >> able to detect the passing of time (probably because it checks the real >> calendaristic time). > > Yes is possible to do more than one run per day and do some testing of > your configuration. You just need some tweeks on amanda.conf from the > one you will use in production. > > >> >> I've also tried to make the backup task thinkg that it is running in a >> different day by using libfaketime. No success. > > No need for that. > >> >> Thank you. >> Cristian >> > > > Kind regards > Jose M Calhariz > > > -- > -- > Uma autobiografia é um obituario em forma de seriado, ao > qual falta o último capítulo. > -- Quentin Crisp