On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 at 2:13pm, Dan Diephouse wrote
> I am trying to get amanda 2.4.2p2 to run on FreeBSD 4.2 machine. I am
> using an IBM SCSI tape drive with DDS4 cartridges. I have confirmed
> that the tape drive is working when I use it manually (ie: I can read
> and write to /dev/sa0).
Is that a non-rewinding tape device? It doesn't look like one, but, then
again, I don't know *BSD. amanda needs to use a non-rewinding tape
device.
> Also, is there a way to force a full dump to a tape? That is - I want a
> one time full backup of a computer to store for forever, I don't want it
> to be part of a cycle.
Once you have your regular setup working, clone it into a new one (using
separate directories for everything, e.g. logdir, curinfo, etc.). For the
new Archvie setup, set dumpcycle equal to 0, and record to no. Run that
whenever you want a snapshot.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
