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Howto or crib for backing up two tape drives - amanda 2.5

2006-01-09 20:04:40
Subject: Howto or crib for backing up two tape drives - amanda 2.5
From: "chuck.amadi" <chuck.amadi AT ntlworld DOT com>
To: amanda <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:57:58 +0000
Hi Is there doc's for setting up ainternal and extrenal tape drives As I have a DDS-4 drive and need to commission a second external drive to backup a total of 80gb server and I would like to backup a minmum 300gb eventually I was looking at LTO-3 but it is beyond my companies budget.

I read a email not long ago stating whats new for version 2.5.0 and there something about having amanda backup two tape drives which would be ideal for my situation when the first tape drive is full it would continue without admin intervention to the second drive.

Please could someone point me in the right direction as my monthly backups are nearing the full capacity of the tapes which are 20gb native DDS-4 4mm * 150mm.

Cheers