Hi Again When tape drive 1 (slot1) fills up I assume without any user intervention the remainder of the data will backup onto tape drive 2 (slot2) be it external drive (Which I haven't concluded yet looking for a minimum of 160gb media capacity!)
As version 2.5.0b1 has New tape spanning features. On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 23:14 +0100, Paul Bijnens wrote: > Jon LaBadie wrote: > >>And create a new file named "chg-multi.conf" in the same directory > >>as the amanda.conf file with this content: > >> > >> multieject 0 > >> gravity 0 > >> needeject 0 > >> ejectdelay 0 > >> statefile /var/lib/amanda/daily/changer-status # changeme > >> firstslot 1 > >> lastslot 2 > >> slot 1 /dev/nst0 # changeme > >> slot 2 /dev/nst1 # changeme > >> > >>and fill in appropriate values for your environment in the lines > >>marked with "changeme" > > > > > > Can the two devices be different format tapes? > > No, unfortunately, because there is only one "tapetype", used for > both of the devices. > Of course you can use the lowest of the two capacities, or maybe > the mean (Amanda will write to a tape until it hits the physical > end of tape). > > > -- 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