--On Tuesday, April 19, 2005 20:05:27 +0400 Thomas Grieder <amanda AT moonsmile 
DOT ch> wrote:

> Is it possible to backup large disk?
> 
> I ask because I want to backup a disk with 300 GB to DLT1 or LTO1.
> 
> The DLT1 is a backup library with 7 slots which works fine.
> The LTO1 is a sigle drive. I tried it as single drive an as
> chg-manual.
> 
> I configured a holding disk with 12GB (I don't have more).
> 
> Amdump always sends me this error:
> 
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
>    sun.moonsm /export lev 0 FAILED [dump larger than tape, 160459105
> KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk]
> 
> Where is the problem?

Amanda can't back up a DLE larger than a tape (unless you use the tape-
spanning patches currently under development).  Se the 'size-question in
the docs:
<http://www.amanda.org/docs/topten.html#id2520555>

Frank

> 
> 
> Thanks
> Thomas



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