On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 at 5:32pm, lamy AT unify DOT com wrote

> I have Amanda 2.4.4p1 setup to backup two partitions, 7GB and 4GB of data,
> on a Linux machine using dump.  I'm using only one tape drive to backup the
> two partitions and 1GB of holding disc.  For the initial backup, Amanda will
> backup both partition using level 0 which is bigger than the tape can hold.

It won't do that if you've told amanda how big your tapes are.

> Each partition is bigger than holding disk.  Can I setup Amanda to use
> chg-manual script to backup the partitions to multiple tapes?  I know I need

Yes.  You'll need to run amdump in the foreground so it can tell you when 
to change tapes.

> to change the tape manually.  I read somewhere in the past that Amanda can
> not span tapes.
> 
True.

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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University