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. That is quite helpful. 

Is it possible to re-use a vtape for several successive backups? If the vtape 
were twice the size of a level 0 backup, then the level 1 backups would be 
appended, but the next level 0 would be too large and would trigger a new tape. 

Additionally, How do I configure larger cycles, meaning, I will use 150GB each 
week, and 2TB can hold 13 weeks. How do I tell Amanda that after 13 weeks, she 
should start over by deleting the oldest vtape? 

Thanks for the help, 
-- 
Chris. 

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