amanda cannot backup filesystems that are larger than the size of the tapes, it cannot split backup streams across multiple tapes.
Steve > Hi > I backup onto DDS-2 tapes, so have a limitation of about 3-4GB per tape. > The no of tapes is set to 2, so I should be able to backup 6-8GB per run. > However, I am unable to tar a single filesystem that is larger than the > predicted size of one tape. > When I try, I get the error: > planner: localhost /home 20030115 0 [dump larger than tape, full dump > delayed] > > The blocksize is set to 499MB, so surely amanda should tar in 499MB blocks > until it has done the whole filesystem and then dump it onto 2 tapes. > > Gareth >
