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RE: Problems with Overland Library and Solaris 8
2004-10-11 05:31:19
--On Monday, October 11, 2004 10:45 +0200 bwkstuttgart AT yahoo DOT de wrote:
I'm confused.
Gene Heskett wrote (on 10/2/2004):
Yes, of course you can use a changer. Amanda is used in large
installations doing hundreds of GB backups daily. They don't
have someone sitting around waiting to change tapes. Even I
don't do that in my home office. I have a six position changer
that does 12GB/tape. I set it to use two tapes -- if it needs
to use them. I.e. my normal nightly backup is about 7 or 8GB.
But if something unusual happens, it may take over 12GB. In
that case it will use a second tape.
The confusion here is the other Op mentioned a single dump limitation. An
individual dump cannot span multiple tapes. Amanda can (now atleast
limitedly) run the changer during a run and use up to run_tapes number of
tapes, but it can still only put any given dump (DLE) onto one tape. A run
may span multiple tapes, but not a given DLE must reside on one tape.
In your case I'm not sure what the problem is but it sounds way more
hardware or OS related than having anything to do with AMANDA. AMANDA just
is reporting symptoms or tripping the problem, but isn't the problem itself.
Check all your SCSI cables and connections, double check your terminations.
Therein may lie your answer.
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