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Re: move archives to new tapes

2008-12-07 23:34:14
Subject: Re: move archives to new tapes
From: "Dustin J. Mitchell" <dustin AT zmanda DOT com>
To: "Marc Muehlfeld" <Marc.Muehlfeld AT medizinische-genetik DOT de>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 23:08:52 -0500
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Marc Muehlfeld
<Marc.Muehlfeld AT medizinische-genetik DOT de> wrote:
> - Can it merge e. g. multiple 40/80 GB DLT tapes to one 400/800 GB LTO3 tape?

Not yet -- the complexity of merging and re-joining split parts isn't
implemented yet.  You could probably hack up the current version to do
what you want (small tapes to big tapes), but I'd like to solve the
more general problem.

> - Is there a way to verify that the data is restoreable after copying? Or
> do I just have to restore to find it out?

You can use amcheckdump, but a restore would probably be best.

Dustin

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