On Tuesday, 23.01.2007 at 22:01 -0800, Yogesh Hasabnis wrote:

> > If the original poster's full backup fits on to a single tape, and
> > backs up in a reasonable period of time, you could just do a full
> > backup every day, perhaps?
>
> At the moment, full backup of my data fits on a single tape, but it
> may not fit, over a period of time.

*nods*

In that case, I'd suggest following the advice about splitting the
backup job into a handful of separate disklist entries, using the
appropriate exclusions, as suggested elsewhere in this thread.

Cheers,

Dave.

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