On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 06:22:41PM -0500, Winston Sorfleet wrote:
> On 2018-01-03 05:46 PM, Chris Miller wrote:
> > Hi Jean-Louis,
> >
> > A vtape do not reserve the space, it only use the space of the
> > dump you put on it.
> > The vtape size should be the maximum size of any days or
On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 01:08:37PM -0800, Chris Miller wrote:
> Hi Winston,
>
> | I highly suggest a read of this FAQ: [
> |
> http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/FAQ:How_are_backup_levels_defined_and_how_does_Amanda_use_them%3F
> | ] ; particularly the section about Amanda's planning strategy. If
> On Jan 3, 2018, at 5:22 PM, Winston Sorfleet wrote:
>
> On 2018-01-03 05:46 PM, Chris Miller wrote:
>> Hi Jean-Louis,
>> A vtape do not reserve the space, it only use the space of the dump you put
>> on it.
>> The vtape size should be the maximum size of any days or larger, they could
>> be
On 2018-01-03 05:46 PM, Chris Miller wrote:
> Hi Jean-Louis,
>
> A vtape do not reserve the space, it only use the space of the
> dump you put on it.
> The vtape size should be the maximum size of any days or larger,
> they could be 120GB or 2TG, the result will be the same.
> S
Hi Jean-Louis,
| A vtape do not reserve the space, it only use the space of the dump you put on
| it.
| The vtape size should be the maximum size of any days or larger, they could be
| 120GB or 2TG, the result will be the same.
| Some vtape will use 5GB, some will use 120GB.
Thanks very much. Th
A vtape do not reserve the space, it only use the space of the dump you
put on it.
The vtape size should be the maximum size of any days or larger, they
could be 120GB or 2TG, the result will be the same.
Some vtape will use 5GB, some will use 120GB.
Jean-Louis
On 03/01/18 04:08 PM, Chris Mill
Am 2018-01-03 um 22:08 schrieb Chris Miller:
I have some questions:
1. Can I make my vtapes all 150GB, and then instruct Amanda to put one
cycle (one level 0, and six level 1) on one vtape, meaning re-use a
vtape multiple time in a backup cycle? I like this approach quite a
bit, if
Hi Winston,
| For the longest time I did traditional backups (fulls and incrementals, via
| tar). If that model still fits your needs, you can stay with that.
| Once I began backing up a small cluster of machines, Amanda's paradigm began
to
| show its value. However, it relies upon volume manag
