On 17 Dec 2003 at 9:43am, Axel Haenssen wrote

> I have this file-server that is used by many indisciplined  users :-)
> Frequently they create directories that are bigger than a single tape
> (20Gb) and the nightly backup fails with error:
> [dump larger than tape, skipping incremental]
> Now my question. Can Amanda just descent into those directories and
> backup parts on one tape and other parts on other tapes????
> cheers

FAQ.  Make sure you're using tar, and make multiple disk list entries for 
the big directories.  There are examples in the sample disklist that ships 
with the tarball.

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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University