On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 at 7:53am, David Olbersen wrote > So I've read: > Can Amanda span large file systems across multiple tapes? > http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/32.html > > Which says to use tar and read: > Why does `amdump` report 'results missing'? > http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/9.html > > And I'm quite confused based on the two. I obviously don't want to have > any problems using tar, and that last article doesn't leave me with the > idea that things have been fixed!
What things? I think the reference in the first FOM entry is a bit of a red herring. > I also read the recent posts which make it sound like tar will work > just fine. It will. > Due to other reasons I'm using amanda-2.4.1p1 on the backup server, and > newer versions on the clients. Wow, that's old. No chance of upgrading, I assume? > Any suggestions? This partition could end up being ~100GB or even 200GB. Yes, use tar and come on back if problems arise. With a version of amanda that old on the server, you won't be able to use include lists, just excludes. But that should work be OK. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
