My archive backups are taking 4 tapes but I think I could get by with 3 if my files were more evenly spread over the tapes.

 

I am using

 

     dumporder "BTBTBTBTBT"

 

NOTES:

  taper: tape A00021 kb 337870752 fm 39 writing file: short write

  taper: retrying zorn:/export/users-d.0 on new tape due to: [writing file: short write]

  taper: tape A00022 kb 290592832 fm 7 writing file: short write

  taper: retrying zorn:/export/users-a.0 on new tape due to: [writing file: short write]

  taper: tape A00023 kb 274556928 fm 5 writing file: short write

  driver: Taper  error: "[writing file: short write]"

  driver: going into degraded mode because of taper component error.

 

The last taper failed because I had specified on 3 tapes in the backup.

 

tape 1 95% full

tape 2 75% full

tape 3 75% full

 

 

The problem is all my small files are getting put on the first tape (39) which leaves the bigger files for the next two tapes. I would like to spread the small files over the other tapes.

 

Do you have any suggestions on how to have the smaller files more evenly spread over all tapes?

 

Thanks

 

Robert

 

 

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