> Wow, that's old. No chance of upgrading, I assume? Not anytime soon. This machine is the file server and backup server. It's *ROCK* stable and management doesn't want me fiddling with it.
Thanks for the input, I hope this works! :) -------------------------- David Olbersen iGuard Engineer 11415 West Bernardo Court San Diego, CA 92127 1-858-676-2277 x2152 > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Baker-LePain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:21 AM > To: David Olbersen > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Large partitions > > > 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 > >
