As far as I know, unfortunately there is no way to get around this dilemma
becuase Amanda is not capable of appending tapes.

Michael Martinez


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Sprickman [mailto:spork AT fasttrackmonkey DOT com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 5:51 PM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: remote site, no changer
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've started hacking up an amanda.conf file, and as I'm reading, I'm
> getting worried.  It seems that amanda wants a new tape every 
> day if I'm
> doing daily backups.  This presents a problem.  I have a single 70GB
> drive, no changer, and the systems being backed up are at a remote
> location.  At most I can have someone there once a week to 
> change tapes.
> 
> Capacity is not a problem; there will be less than a few hundred MB of
> change per day, and an initial full dump of all 11 machines 
> should come in
> under 5-10GB.  So the tape doesn't "need" to be changed out 
> because it's
> getting full...
> 
> I know this is not optimal, but there's no budget for an AIT 
> changer at
> this time (they look to be around $5-$8K - the drive was $500)...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charles
>