On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM wrote:

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

Ouch...  Any other suggestions or tips to get around this?  Any other s/w
anyone would like to recommend?

Thanks,

Charles

> 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
> >
>