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
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