Hi, Amanda does NOT support spanning a backup of a image disklist-entry over multiple tapes. if you have a partition larger than a single tape you have to split it into several images fitting onto a tape by hand using tar as dump-program. Christoph
Almeida Ed wrote: > Can someone tell me how AMANDA determines when it has reach the end of a > tape or how it determines the total tape length? I'm worried that stuff > written to the end of tape might be lost because AMANDA is running out of > tape unknowingly. > In general: How does amanda break up the backups so that they are written to > span consecutive volumes assuring that no data is lost? > > Thank You, > Ed > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Edward M. Almeida > Computer Systems Administrator > Siemens Medical Systems > 16 Electronics Ave > >
