Hi just posted it When I first configured I did rub the command that took for ever and a day.
But I did have a 20gb tape in the drive. Cheers Is there a way to reset it as I have edited the On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 14:20 +0200, Montagni, Giovanni wrote: > Have you ever run amtapetype command? it seems amanda doesn't recognize > entire tape lenght... > > could paste us your tape definition? > > another stupid thing, is the tape rewinded? > > Giovanni > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] conto di Chuck Amadi Systems > Administrator > Inviato: giovedì 16 giugno 2005 14.03 > A: Amanda List > Oggetto: dump larger than tape, 2867765 KB, but cannot incremental dump > newdisk > > > > Hi I have tried backing up "/" using the disklist > with a 20GB DDS-4 150MM DAT tape and I get this error below. > The size is only 3GB > > Is there a level I need to adjust in the amanda.conf file. > > sever.domain.co.uk:/ 0 planner: [dump larger than tape, 2867765 KB, but > cannot incremental dump new disk] > > Cheers > -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator Chuck Amadi The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Email chuck.smtl.co.uk Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830