On Monday 02 February 2004 15:29, mnmis mnmis wrote: >>From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: mnmis mnmis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Example Disklist for a disk larger than 1 tape. >>Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:19:33 -0500 (EST) >> >> >>On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 at 2:01pm, mnmis mnmis wrote >> >> > I am wondering if anyone has an example disklist file for >> > backing up a >> >>drive >> >> > to multible tapes? >> > >> > I am using Amanda to backup a local drive (sda1) that is too >> > large for 1 tape. >> > I would like to spread it across to multible tapes. >> > >> > I cannot seem to figure out how to do it with the sample >> > disklist. >> >>You cannot have one DLE (disk list entry) that is larger than a >> tape. To split it up, use GNUTAR as your backup program and put >> subdirectories of the partition in the disklist. >> >>-- >>Joshua Baker-LePain >>Department of Biomedical Engineering >>Duke University > >I am using GNUTAR, but what is the format of the disklist file? > >I want to backup the whole disk except /var/www/htdocs on 1 tape and > the directory /var/www/htdocs on another tape. > >How would I do this? > >mnmis > Make two nearly identical dumptypes, but give one the base dir and an exclude pattern. Call this one A.
Give the other one a full path to the desired directory and no exclude file. Call this one B. Then use a dumptype of A or B in the disklist entry. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
