Re: Using Multiple Tape Sizes

2002-05-02 Thread Brandon D. Valentine
On Thu, 2 May 2002, Don Potter wrote: >I would be willing to bet that you could use..them but since the config >specifies the tape size, you would only be using the limits of the >previous size. I would say add the tapes in your rotation and adjust >your tape size to reflect the new tapes. And

Re: Using Multiple Tape Sizes

2002-05-02 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 12:36:12PM -0400, Brook Hurd wrote: > We currently use 20 8 gig tapes for our backup in > amanda. We have obtained some 20 gig tapes and we > would like to add these to the backup schedule. Do we > need to replace the 8 gig tapes with the 20's or can > we intermix them? >

Re: Using Multiple Tape Sizes

2002-05-02 Thread Chris Marble
Brook Hurd wrote: > > We currently use 20 8 gig tapes for our backup in > amanda. We have obtained some 20 gig tapes and we > would like to add these to the backup schedule. Do we > need to replace the 8 gig tapes with the 20's or can > we intermix them? You could set up a seperate configurati

Re: Using Multiple Tape Sizes

2002-05-02 Thread Don Potter
I would be willing to bet that you could use..them but since the config specifies the tape size, you would only be using the limits of the previous size. I would say add the tapes in your rotation and adjust your tape size to reflect the new tapes. And remove the the 8GB tapes from your rota

Using Multiple Tape Sizes

2002-05-02 Thread Brook Hurd
We currently use 20 8 gig tapes for our backup in amanda. We have obtained some 20 gig tapes and we would like to add these to the backup schedule. Do we need to replace the 8 gig tapes with the 20's or can we intermix them? Thanks, Brook