I'm having problem with amanda when it backups big partition compared to what a tape can contain.
the tapes are 70Gb and some dumps are about 30Gb
I've set the autoflush to yes. Some times a get :
+ These dumps were to tape WeeklySet076. + *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: short write]].
so the tape have for example 45Gb already on it, when it tries to flush the 30Gb. So I end up that: the 30Gb is not flushed the others dumps (40 dumps of 1Gb) are not dump to the tape. When a lot of them could be dumped
So:
-is amanda able to maximise the amount on data that it stores or does it only flush without any algorithm. -or my config file which is uncorrect
-or Is there a way to breaks into smaller pieces the big dumps
my config file for the tape configuration
define tapetype DLT4000 {
length 40000 mbytes # 40 Gig tapes
filemark 8 kbytes # 16 also works, 32 doesn't
speed 1536 kbytes # 6 Mb/s accd to Compaq ??? see bellow def of DLT
}thanks in advance
Cédric Briner
