Re: same tape for multiple amdumps

2008-11-14 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Paul Yeatman wrote: On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 16:12 -0500, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Krahn, Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible for Amanda to use the same tape on multiple days until it gets filled before using the next tape in the tape list?

Re: same tape for multiple amdumps

2008-11-14 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
OK, I collected Chris's example and some text from http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Fill_tapes_to_100%25 into http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Delay_writing_to_tape_for_better_tape_utilization But this doesn't have a lot of details on the new school way of doing things. Please

same tape for multiple amdumps

2008-11-13 Thread Krahn, Anderson
Is it possible for Amanda to use the same tape on multiple days until it gets filled before using the next tape in the tape list? If so, what are the parameters in Amanda.conf that need to be modified. Thanks, Anderson K

Re: same tape for multiple amdumps

2008-11-13 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Krahn, Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible for Amanda to use the same tape on multiple days until it gets filled before using the next tape in the tape list? Not directly. The Device API supports appending to tape, but we haven't put together the

Re: same tape for multiple amdumps

2008-11-13 Thread Paul Yeatman
On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 16:12 -0500, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Krahn, Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible for Amanda to use the same tape on multiple days until it gets filled before using the next tape in the tape list? Not directly. The Device