On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM wrote: > As far as I know, unfortunately there is no way to get around this dilemma > becuase Amanda is not capable of appending tapes.
Ouch... Any other suggestions or tips to get around this? Any other s/w anyone would like to recommend? Thanks, Charles > Michael Martinez > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Charles Sprickman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 5:51 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: remote site, no changer > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I've started hacking up an amanda.conf file, and as I'm reading, I'm > > getting worried. It seems that amanda wants a new tape every > > day if I'm > > doing daily backups. This presents a problem. I have a single 70GB > > drive, no changer, and the systems being backed up are at a remote > > location. At most I can have someone there once a week to > > change tapes. > > > > Capacity is not a problem; there will be less than a few hundred MB of > > change per day, and an initial full dump of all 11 machines > > should come in > > under 5-10GB. So the tape doesn't "need" to be changed out > > because it's > > getting full... > > > > I know this is not optimal, but there's no budget for an AIT > > changer at > > this time (they look to be around $5-$8K - the drive was $500)... > > > > Thanks, > > > > Charles > > >