Hi all,

Thanks very much for your replies.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Dustin J. Mitchell
Sent: 09 May 2008 15:09
To: Johan Booysen
Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: tape spanning

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Johan Booysen <johan AT matrix-data.co DOT uk>
wrote:
> with regards to Amanda version 2.5.x, does Amanda kind of 
> automatically do tape spanning, or does this need to be configured
somewhere?

By default, no, it won't do spanning.  See
  http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Splitting_dumps_across_tapes
for the skinny on setting it up.

> I'm testing a newer version, and was just wondering...haven't really 
> touched Amanda for more than a year because it never breaks...

Amanda's great that way!

Dustin

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