Vytas Janusauskas wrote: >Hi Folks, > >Still trying to configure Amanda. I have about 20 WIn 95, Win 98 and NT >computers to archive. > >So as a starting point I have picked 3 computers which in total have drive >capacity of over 530 GB of which 430 GB is used. > >Using Samba I have successfully mounted the drives. Since I have a tape >drive with a non-compressed capacity of less than 7 GB, I am forced to use >individual directories in the disklist. > >Unfortunately I have no control of where the users will be creating new >directories. How do you ensure that all the directories are accounted for >in the disklist? It is also not unusual that some of these directories to >be larger than the tape capacity. I plan to deal with them after Amanda >complains about them. For example when the backup burps on a directory, I >will them subdivide the offending directory into sub-directory's smaller >than the tape capacity. Will this work or is there a better way of dealing >with these larger directories? > >In testing I did try to backup a directory, I though that after compression >it would fit on the tape. Unfortunately due to the TIFF files the >directory did not compress as well as expected. So now I have a dump in >the holding disk which will not fit on the tape. Do I just delete the file >from the holding disk or is there a procedure I need to run so as not >corrupt Amanda's index files.
430 GB to a 7GB tape drive? You'll need 60 full dumps to cover it all. And with user data increase, you may never catch up! You need more tape capacity - pronto. -- toby bluhm philips medical systems, it support, mr development, cleveland ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] 440-483-5323
