Re: Amanda with two tape devices

2001-04-06 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Apr 6, 2001, "Carey Jung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I'd just like to be able to run amrestore, using one drive, > while the other is running amdump on the same configuration. Then you can completely ignore one of the drives, for the purposes of configuring Amanda, and specify its

RE: Amanda with two tape devices

2001-04-06 Thread Carey Jung
> > Oh, if you have tape libraries, you'll be better off with chg-scsi. > IIRC, it can also use multiple tape drives in a single configuration > but, again, not simultaneously, unless you use separate > configurations. > Thanks. I think I'd just like to be able to run amrestore, using one drive,

Re: Amanda with two tape devices

2001-04-06 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Apr 6, 2001, "Carey Jung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Can amanda use who tape devices to perform a single backup? >> >> You can't use them concurrently (yet), but you can set up chg-multi to >> switch between tape drives automatically. That's what we do here. > Can you elaborate on

Re: Amanda with two tape devices

2001-04-06 Thread Jonathan Dill
Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > Can amanda use who tape devices to perform a single backup? > > You can't use them concurrently (yet), but you can set up chg-multi to > switch between tape drives automatically. That's what we do here. Actually, there is a way that you can use them concurrently--You

RE: Amanda with two tape devices

2001-04-06 Thread Carey Jung
> > > Can amanda use who tape devices to perform a single backup? > > You can't use them concurrently (yet), but you can set up chg-multi to > switch between tape drives automatically. That's what we do here. > Can you elaborate on this? We are just beginning to set up an Exabyte 220 tape libra

Re: Amanda with two tape devices

2001-04-05 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Apr 5, 2001, "Miguel Nuno de Almeida Vasconcelos Ribeiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can amanda use who tape devices to perform a single backup? You can't use them concurrently (yet), but you can set up chg-multi to switch between tape drives automatically. That's what we do here. -- A

Re: Amanda with two tape devices

2001-04-05 Thread Gerhard den Hollander
* Miguel Nuno de Almeida Vasconcelos Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:46:35AM +0100) > Can it be done ? Yes > Can amanda use who tape devices to perform a single backup? No > What can I expect of it? Good performance > Where can I find Info ? Here. Basically what you do (or