newbie questions

Hi All,


I'm totally new to amanda so please excuse me for the long mail.

I have a linux box here (debian woody) with one disk and a DAT drive.There are 3 partitions on the disk (/boot, / , swap).

This PC will be a remote PC (it will be really far away from here) and Iwill have only ftp access.

My task is to create a method to archive the data from the disk.Fortunately (or not) the data is quite static (this means it changesvery rarely) so it's not neccessary to do regular (daily or weekly)archives but it's a must to make a full archive in the nitht when somedata has changed. Full archive means to save everything (all the filesand directories of the application) not just the changed files.

I can handle this 'change management' (I can decide with a script ifit's neccessary to make an archive or not) but I need some help toconfigure amanda.

As I told we need to archive specific directories and files so my firstquestion is: is it possible to archive files and directories or amandacan archive only whole disks and/or partitions?

The second question: We have tapes of 12 GB and an archive is going tobe about 250-300 MB. We'd like to use a tape as long as it's possiblewithout removing it from the drive (because it will be really far awayfrom here). Can we 'force' amanda to use one tape until it's full?

I know, this won't be the best archiving system in the world, but itwill do. :)


Can anyone help me to discuss the config files and write them?

Thank you,

Mogorva