Re: Multiple backups on one tape.

2003-08-27 Thread Matt Hyclak
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:15:54PM -0500, David Barcelo enlightened us: hello all, I have read the Amanda site and seen the faqo-o-matic about amanda not being able to have multiple backups on one tape. Even though I have read this I am still curious. Is is it still possible to just use

Re: Multiple backups on one tape.

2003-08-27 Thread Brian Cuttler
output tape, you'd have little or no fallback if something happened, spool disk failure, tape failure, drive problems... Dave - not a config I'd recommend. hello all, I have read the Amanda site and seen the faqo-o-matic about amanda not being able to have multiple backups on one tape. Even

Re: Multiple backups on one tape.

2003-08-27 Thread David Barcelo
the Amanda site and seen the faqo-o-matic about amanda not being able to have multiple backups on one tape. Even though I have read this I am still curious. Is is it still possible to just use one tape during a 1 week dumpcycle and 5 runspercycle policy? Can I get Amanda to append backups? Dave

Re: Multiple backups on one tape.

2003-08-27 Thread Brian Cuttler
-o-matic about amanda not being able to have multiple backups on one tape. Even though I have read this I am still curious. Is is it still possible to just use one tape during a 1 week dumpcycle and 5 runspercycle policy? Can I get Amanda to append backups? Dave