On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 08:51:49AM -0600, Steven Backus wrote:
> I have some files I'd like to permanently remove from my system
> (archiving to tape).

One point in addition to what everyone else has said:  it would
be wise to make at least two copies of the archive tape(s).
Media has a nasty habit of going bad over time.

When I had to archive and delete some data, this describes how I
made duplicates of the archive tapes:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amanda-users/message/49373

(Simply amdumping twice would not make *identical* copies, since
the first run would change the files' last-access timestamps, if
nothing else.)

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