> On Tuesday 22 October 2002 18:04, Chad Morland wrote: > >I am trying to backup a 100G file onto tape. I am wondering if I > > can use amanda for this. Will it span the archive across more > > than one tape? I am using a DLT 7000 drive. If not, what are you > > recommendations? > > Yikes! For that, you will have to locate a drive and tape format > that will hold it in one tape. Or, you have to use a split/join > utility to break it up into tapable sized pieces that are each an > independant file to the filesystem. > > Amanda cannot span one file across more than one tape, and because > of the potentials for a disaster in such things as re-ordering the > tapes on recovery, or any one of the other things that Mr. Murphy > is famous for, it isn't likely that amanda ever will have that > ability programmed in. > > -- > Cheers, Gene > AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M > Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M > 99.18% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
I find that very strange considering that tar, dump and several other backup utilities support this. Amanda developers don't want to add this just for the sake of having it? I know I am not the only one that can find this feature useful. I can keep track of my tapes, and I'm sure it is not a difficult task for someone who can install, configure and use Amanda to do the same. Are there any other concrete and real issues for not including this feature other than operator misuse? -CM
