Can you break up the stuff into subdirectories, or files that are less than 1 tape?
i.e. /bigparition might be 1 TB but you might have: filea < 1 tape fileb < 1 tape filec < 1 tape etc etc As long as you can, you should be able to use tar with amanda, exclude certain files, and backup the ones you want. Amanda cannot span a single backup entry across tapes. --- Kurt Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, I've been tasked with coming up with a > backup solution that can deal > with 3 terabytes of storage. > It may not all need backing up at once, and it's > split between three servers > about a terabyte each (I think). > > It has to be unattended (Assuming enough > stackers-n-tapes) - The question I > have is about spanning tapes (or avoiding it!) - > Obviously I can't fit > 3tera's on one tape so what I need is the ability to > fill tapes in > succession using as much tape space as possible. > Then the autostacking stuff > changes tapes. > > Any suggestions? - Can the holding disk be > configured to fill tapes using > it's chunk size? > I really can't find 'user level' documentation and I > don't really understand > all the options. > Has anybody written something I haven't been able to > find? > > Oh, I need to have something working at the end of > this week! - I've got > amanda working but the changer stuff is still > fighting me (mtx works but > can't integrate into changer scripts yet) - Although > amamda is working I'm > having difficulty understanding exactly what it did > (planning wise) and why! > > Thanks Everybody, > Kurt Olsen > Profitability of Hawaii > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Meredith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 1:22 PM > Subject: Re: hard drive *and* tape copy possible? > > > > > Is there any way to convince amanda to keep the > holding > > > disk copy around and indexed even after it has > flushed > > > > I would love to have this too. I would like to be > able to tell Amanda to > > make full use of the holding disk at all times. > It should delete files > from > > the holding disk only when the space is needed for > a new file. Obviously > > this would be done in a FIFO fashion. > > > > Doug > > > > -- > > Doug Meredith > > Skyridge Systems Inc. > > (506) 854-7997 > > www.skyridge.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
