Amanda-Users

Re: Multiple Tapes in Single run issue

2003-06-25 08:15:10
Subject: Re: Multiple Tapes in Single run issue
From: Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
To: Vijay <vijayb AT ooty.tenet.res DOT in>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:07:23 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 at 5:03pm, Vijay wrote

>      I have a backup image of some size greater than the tape size. Is 
> multiple tapes in single run support available in amanda. If not how 
> to go about this issue? What kind of configuration is needed in this 
> scenario?

Amanda can use multiple tapes in one amdump, but it can't span a single 
image across multiple tapes.  You'll have to divide up that image, using 
tar to grab subdirectories rather than the whole FS.

And questions like this only need to go to amanda-users, not 
amanda-hackers.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University