On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 05:11:50PM -0400, lois AT zmanda DOT com wrote:
> Hi, everyone -
> 
> I would like to suggest an update for the answer to the Size Question, one
> of the top ten questions at http://www.amanda.org/docs/topten.html. I have
> also seen this question on the Zmanda forums; that is, how to make a
> single dump image aka disk list entry span multiple tapes. Traditionally,
> the answer is that you can't.
> 
> As of Amanda 2.5, a single dump image can now span multiple tapes. To
> quote Chander Kant from Zmanda, describing the new features list:
> 
> ------->8-------
> 
> Dump images spanning multiple media volumes:
> 
> This major step forward alleviates Amanda's most significant limitation.
> The size of the backed up images is no longer restricted to a single media
> volume but may now span over several volumes. This gets rid of the need of
> the administrator to artificially segment their data into parts which can
> fit into a single media volume (as required in prior versions of Amanda).
> 
> ------->8-------
> 
> No more manually splitting up the DLEs.
> 
> :)
> 
> Best regards,

And no more simple recovery of spanned dumps using
standard unix tools when amanda is not available.
That needs to be pointed out in any revision.


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