On Monday 22 December 2003 07:13, Stefan Hackenthal wrote:
>Hello folks,
>
>I have a question considering old data: our Amanda setup was wrong
>(too large tape length  and other problems). Now I want to begin
> anew and get rid of the old data. In the FAQ I found:
>
>"First, remove the `curinfo' database. [..]
>Then, remove any log files from the log directory:
> log.TIMESTAMP.COUNT and amdump.COUNT. Finally, remove the tapelist
> file[..]."
>
>OK, but what about the content of the holding disk (the old, too big
>backup file)?

You don't have any choice but to remove it too since amanda cannot 
span one file across multiple tapes.

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