On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 05:11:50PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, everyone - > > I would like to suggest an update for the answer to the Size Question, one > of the top ten questions at http://www.amanda.org/docs/topten.html. I have > also seen this question on the Zmanda forums; that is, how to make a > single dump image aka disk list entry span multiple tapes. Traditionally, > the answer is that you can't. > > As of Amanda 2.5, a single dump image can now span multiple tapes. To > quote Chander Kant from Zmanda, describing the new features list: > > ------->8------- > > Dump images spanning multiple media volumes: > > This major step forward alleviates Amanda's most significant limitation. > The size of the backed up images is no longer restricted to a single media > volume but may now span over several volumes. This gets rid of the need of > the administrator to artificially segment their data into parts which can > fit into a single media volume (as required in prior versions of Amanda). > > ------->8------- > > No more manually splitting up the DLEs. > > :) > > Best regards,
And no more simple recovery of spanned dumps using standard unix tools when amanda is not available. That needs to be pointed out in any revision. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
