On Monday 25 September 2006 00:42, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 08:38:39PM +0200, Dominik Schips wrote:
> > # Config for OVERLAND PowerLoader Tape Autoloader > > tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script, see TAPE.CHANGERS > > changerdev "/dev/sg2" # tape-changer device > > changerfile "/etc/amanda/DailyFull/CHANGER" > Two things. > > You say your changer is /dev/sg3 but your conf file says sg2. Ups, I used the old amanda.conf and did a cut&past. In this config I had only one device. I changed this in my actual config. > Also, nowhere in the conf files is a tape device defined. Sorry. I did the cut&past a few lines to early. I have this line in the amanda.conf: # Tape device tapedev "/dev/nst0" > As to using multiple drives, amanda is not designed to do that. This is what I want to know. Thank you for this information and your fast reply > Ways amanda users do use multiple drives include: > > chg-multi which treats two (or more) drives as if they were > a tape changer with a single drive > > set up multiple configs, each backing up a different set of > hosts. assign a separate group of slots and 1 drive to each > config I have to think about that if it make sense for my backup. > use the drives as a RAIT, either mirroring the data or > striping the data across the two drives I think I won't do this at the moment. Maybe in a later stat of the backup concept. Best regards Dominik
