Re: allow-split configuration parameter

On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 01:09:48PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>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
>}
>
>
>Copyright 2019 by Maurice E. Heskett
>Cheers, Gene Heskett

OF COURSE, it a dumptype parameter.   My stupidity.

I've added it, but I suspect it will have no affect
as the default is true.

Jon

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