Re: allow-split configuration parameter

On Friday 17 September 2021 12:09:55 Jon LaBadie wrote:

> While investigating a tape issue (separate thread)
> I investigated the "allow-split" parameter of
> amanda.conf.  The man page says it defaults to "true"
> and my configuration has never set it.
>
> Thinking perhaps the default has changed I tried
> setting allow-split several ways and places.  amcheck
> always complains "configuration parameter expected".
>
> Also, amgetconf says there is no configuration parameter
> called "allow-split".
>
> Does anyone have "allow-split" in their configuration?
> If so, how/where?

I do acc grep:
gene@coyote:~$ sudo grep allow /usr/local/etc/amanda/Daily/amanda.conf
maxdumps 1      # allowing one per host makes sense to me
#   skip-full - skip the disk when a level 0 is due, to allow full 
backups

define dumptype  global {
...
 allow-split true
}


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