On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Dan wrote: > Problem: > > The system does not provide effectively for incremental backups, and in > any case that would require sensible tape management. I want a full > nightly backup on a new tape each night. However, the data set is too > large for the tape, and restoring can be complex.
I don't know how much it will help, but you could take a look at spantape - might not be too hard to fit underneath flexbackup: http://freshmeat.net/projects/spantape/ spantape is a replacement for dd that features the ability to sequentially span a stream of bytes across multiple SCSI tapes. It supports both fixed and variable block sizes and assures the correct order of tapes during data recovery. Author: Sebastian Zagrodzki -- Charlie ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ flexbackup-help mailing list flexbackup-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flexbackup-help