On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 at 3:00pm, Bruno Negrão wrote > Is there a configuration for amanda where I can use just 1 tape?(always full > dumps, one overriding the previous) > I want to avoid keep changing between tapes since my root is far from the > tape server :-( > > I set the following parameters to: > dumpcycle 0 days # the number of days in the normal dump cycle > runspercycle 1 days # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days > tapecycle 0 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation > > But amdump is still wainting for a "new tape".
You said you want one tape, but you told amanda 0 tapes. Set tapecycle to 1 tape, amlabel one tape, and off you go. This is a Bad Idea, though. Every amdump (even if it dies prematurely) will erase your entire last amdump. So if the run dies 2 bits in, then you are left without *any* backup. If something dies that day, you're SOL. I'd strongly urge you to look into other solutions. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University