Thanks,
but how do i tell amanda that i changed the tape when the backup is run through
a cronjob each night?
On 07.06.2012, at 14:11, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:
> On 06/07/2012 05:47 AM, Karsten Fuhrmann wrote:
>> Hello,
>> i have DLEs which are bigger than a single tape now. And i thought the
>> solution would be to change the following in my amanda.conf
>>
>> runtapes 2
>> holdingdisk hd1 {
>> comment "first holding disk"
>> directory "/mnt/amanda-holding" # where the holding disk is
>> chunksize 50Gb # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
>> }
>> to enable amanda to span big DLEs over multiple tape, by leaving the untaped
>> chunks on the holding disk for the next run.
> no, the complete dle must be written to two 2 tapes in the same runs.
>
>> Even if i have only one LTO drive without a tape changer, by looking at the
>> docs i need to set runtapes bigger than 1, is that correct?
>>
>> So how do i configure amanda properly to span single DLEs over multiple
>> tapes, with one LTO Drive and no tape changer?
> You must configure the 'chg-manual' changer.
>
> Also add the following device property:
> device-property "LEOM" "yes"
>
> Jean-Louis
Greetings,
Karsten Fuhrmann
