>1) Do I need to put the exclude files on each client that makes use of
>them, or do they reside on the server?
They need to be on the client.
>2) I am trying to backup a partition that is too large to fit on a
>single tape. I have tried to "thin-out" the amount of data that gets
>archived by using exclude files, however amanda still complains that
>the partition will not fit on a single tape.
Do you know if the exclusions are working? There are two ways to tell.
First is to look in amdump.<nn> in the amanda.conf directory. Find where
the estimates are being run and see if the size is better than expected.
Second is to set up some test cases. GNU tar exclude patterns are an
art form :-). Here's a little script I use to test with:
ftp://gandalf.cc.purdue.edu/pub/amanda/gtartest-exclude
You set up little directories and empty files like that on the live
system, set up an exclusion list and see what happens. Then tweak the
exclusions until it does what you want.
>Justin.
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
