On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 at 5:32pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > I have Amanda 2.4.4p1 setup to backup two partitions, 7GB and 4GB of data, > on a Linux machine using dump. I'm using only one tape drive to backup the > two partitions and 1GB of holding disc. For the initial backup, Amanda will > backup both partition using level 0 which is bigger than the tape can hold.
It won't do that if you've told amanda how big your tapes are. > Each partition is bigger than holding disk. Can I setup Amanda to use > chg-manual script to backup the partitions to multiple tapes? I know I need Yes. You'll need to run amdump in the foreground so it can tell you when to change tapes. > to change the tape manually. I read somewhere in the past that Amanda can > not span tapes. > True. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
