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Re: using a USB drive and the tape size parameter

2008-01-14 18:33:35
Subject: Re: using a USB drive and the tape size parameter
From: "Dustin J. Mitchell" <dustin AT zmanda DOT com>
To: "Jeremy Mordkoff" <jlm AT zazzletech DOT com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:27:15 -0500 
On Jan 14, 2008 3:09 PM, Jeremy Mordkoff <jlm AT zazzletech DOT com> wrote:
> I would like to set the tape size parameter each night to the space
> remaining on my USB-drive. Is there a way to do this besides editing the
> Amanda.conf file?

I *think* it would also work to call amdump as
 amdump -o"tapetype:USBDRIVE:length=${length}kbytes"
(assuming that your tapetype is named USBDRIVE)

But I haven't experimentally verified that..

Dustin

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