On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:20:41AM +0100, forster AT bluemail DOT ch 
enlightened us:
> Hi all
> 
> amanda keeps using only one tape per day but always delays full dump for
> the same disk 
> (/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0    8758612 6866287 1804739    80%    /ora) 
> 
> Why cant it use a second tape?
> 
> There are 6 Tapes in the changer;
> dumpcycle 1 weeks
> runspercycle 5
> tapecycle 6 tapes
> runtapes 3
> 
> tapetype SURESTORE-1200E
> 
> define tapetype SURESTORE-1200E {
>     comment "HP AutoLoader"
>     length 3900 mbytes
>     filemark 100 kbytes
>     speed 500 kbytes
> }
> What's wrong whith it?
> 

<snip>

> 
> NOTES:
>   planner: pbrazor1.tszrh.csfb.com /ora 20030226 0 [dump larger than tape,
> full dump delayed]

This is why. It must be bigger than 3900 mbytes after amanda compresses it,
so it won't fit on a single tape. Amanda doesn't span tapes, so you'll have
to split this up with tar.

-- 
Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics
Ohio University
(740) 593-1263

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