Bob,

Amanda is limited to DLE (DiskList Entries) that do not exceed the
capacity of a single tape volume. However you are not restricted to
"dump" but may use "tar" (specifically certain versions of gnutar)
to select specific file types for subtrees residing on the partition.

On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 01:43:39PM -0700, Fairbank, Bob wrote:
> Hi.
> I am definetly going to need to back up filesystems that are larger than
> the
> capacity of a single tape (SDLT).  Apparently, amanda has a limitation
> with this.
> True?  Any idea when it will be able to do this?
> Thanks.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Jon LaBadie
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 11:58 AM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Dump larger than tape error
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 01:35:15PM -0500, Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote:
> > Hi, all!
> > 
> > /usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/luke.lib.purdue.edu_var_0.new:
> Cannot
> > write: No space left on device
> > | Total bytes written: 3040256000 (2.8GB, 8.9MB/s)
> > ? gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> > sendbackup: error [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2]
> > \--------
> > 
> >
> _+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+
> > _+_+_+_+_+_+
> > 
> > Now, the disks I'm using to do my backups is not full. Nowhere near
> > full; I've got 112Gb free on it. I doubt the filesystem on the target
> > system is THAT full... I will doublecheck though. Any immediate
> > thoughts?
> > 
> 
> Note, it reported the filesystem containing
> /usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists
> was full, not your vtape filesystem.
> 
> 
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