On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 13:01:28 -0700
Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nope. You leave virtual tapes on the hard drive. You don't bother with
> tapes at all. 

Ahh...but I want to continue using my LTO-2 drive and tapes.

> Oh, and something I missed earlier: you can span tapes. (Defined as
> sending one backup to more than one tape.) You set a configuration
> value to the maximum number of tapes to span. E.g.: I allow two. Most
> of the time Amanda uses one. 

OK. That's nice to hear.

> However I have a few large DLEs. Those span two tapes when they get
> a full backup. It works just fine on vtapes.

Same here. Converting one old Hi-8 video tape, means >30GB of data.

> With physical tapes, you would need a changer or a human attendant.

Only human servant is on disposal here. :-)


Sincerely,
Gour

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