Amanda-Users

Re: Amanda long term archiving issue

2005-03-02 13:08:44
Subject: Re: Amanda long term archiving issue
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:50:37 -0500
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:32:01PM +0100, Iulian Topliceanu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have to do following:
> 
> Backup more volumes on a single tape until the tape is full (to avoid 
> the waste tapes)

See the Top-Ten Questions list:

http://www.amanda.org/docs/topten.html#id2519862

> - does AMANDA have the option to inform me how much space is left on the 
> tape? (I know this is ilogic since AMANDA is writing always from the 
> beginning of the tape, but I was told to ask:)

No, but the report says how much was written total.
You should know the total capacity and can do the subtraction.


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