On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 08:44:27AM -0400, Karl Bellve wrote:
>
> I am learning to use Amanda but it seems it has a problem, as everyone
> knows, backing up a filesystem larger than the tape.
>
> I have a 300GB Raid 5 system and a 35GB AIT tape drive. I would like
> to do a backup of the raid system with a full backup done atleast
> once/month.
>
> It seems the only option is to make a Amanda config file for each
> subdirectory inside the raid drive (limited to 10GB each). There are
> about 15 10GB directories, so I guess I need to make 15 config files?
If you use tar (as opposed to dump) as the low-level utility, you can
use a single amanda config, with a line in the disklist for each 10G
subdirectory.
> Will Amanda try and back up each 10GB directory each night? I can see
> that would be a problem since I don't have a tape changer. Also, my
> holder partition is only about 2GB.
I fail to see how it could be practical to use a separate amanda configuration
per subdirectory. You'd have to run, say, a different configuration per
night on a fifteen-day rotation. Not very good coverage!
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