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Re: question

2003-12-19 11:43:12
Subject: Re: question
From: "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas AT raad.tartu DOT ee>
To: Sergei Karasiov <karasiov AT leivo DOT ru>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:39:25 +0200
Hello!

> So I have another question about amanda -- I want to
> make increment backups i.e. I write full everyday-backup at Monday and
> every evening add diffs to tape after my full backup and ... etc
> 
> But my quantum DLT ejects the tape after only full backup. 

Amanda cannot do it that way. Each night's backup run must go to it's 
own tape.

You might achieve what you want if you have large enough holdingdisk. 
Just don't put the tape into drive until enough backups have 
accumulated on the holdingdisk, then flush the contents of holdingdisk 
to a tape using 'amflush'. Of course there is a risk, then, that 
something happens to the holdingdisk before you flush the data...
--
Toomas Aas | toomas.aas AT raad.tartu DOT ee | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/
* Life would be easier if I had the source code.


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