On Thu February 27 2003 07:53, Matt Hyclak wrote: >On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:20:41AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us: >> Hi all >> >> amanda keeps using only one tape per day but always delays full >> dump for the same disk >> (/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 8758612 6866287 1804739 80% /ora) >> >> Why cant it use a second tape? >> >> There are 6 Tapes in the changer; >> dumpcycle 1 weeks >> runspercycle 5 >> tapecycle 6 tapes >> runtapes 3 >> >> tapetype SURESTORE-1200E >> >> define tapetype SURESTORE-1200E { >> comment "HP AutoLoader" >> length 3900 mbytes >> filemark 100 kbytes >> speed 500 kbytes >> } >> What's wrong whith it? > ><snip> > >> >> NOTES: >> planner: pbrazor1.tszrh.csfb.com /ora 20030226 0 [dump larger >> than tape, full dump delayed] > >This is why. It must be bigger than 3900 mbytes after amanda > compresses it, so it won't fit on a single tape. Amanda doesn't > span tapes, so you'll have to split this up with tar.
What am I missing here Matt? Thats not the same DLE he quotes at the top of the message, so how does that become reconciled? Not trying to be nibby, just curious :) -- Cheers, Gene AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 320M [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512M 99.23% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly