--On Monday, December 29, 2003 13:47:55 -0500 Andrew Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK..:). Please forgive if I have used incorrect terminology, so I ask > again for my own clarification. Will amanda ever be able to write to > the same tape a few days in a row, without having to spool to a holding > disk? > > Say I have an AIT-2 50/100G tape, yet I only am using 20G of data. I > could fit a full, plus a weeks worth of inc's on a single tape. > > If this is your design decision, mind if I ask why? Are there dangers > in this type of theory? Just curious. The danger is that if the tape rewinds (either through user error or a reboot) then your next backup will obliterate everything previously written to that tape. For most people, the cost of more tapes is much less than the cost of lost data. Frank > > Thanks again! > > Drew > > On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 12:31, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: >> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 at 12:25pm, Andrew Hall wrote >> >> > It has been about two years since I actively used amanda, and I was >> > wondering if amanda can append dumps to an active tape yet? >> >> It's not a matter of can, it's a matter of will. Not appending to >> active tapes is a design decision, and amanda still will not do it. -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
