On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 02:54, Derek Gladding wrote: > On Friday 28 June 2002 07:40 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 22:33, Derek Gladding wrote: > > > On Thursday 27 June 2002 08:25 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Hello list, > > > > > > > > I am planing to backup the /home directory which is around 30GB > > > > in size with multiple DDS3 tape--each has 12GB. Is there any tool > > > > for easier multiple tape backup like this? I can switch the tape > > > > myself. > > > > > > Afbackup works well for me. (DDS3 tapes / ~120G backup set). > > > > Do you have a "stacker", i.e. autoloader? > > Nope, just a plain DDS3 drive. Afbackup spits the tape out when it's > done and if I don't give it a new one in time, it gets impatient and > emails me to ask for a new one. > > I think it's supposed to support autoloaders, but have never tried > it.
If you can afford them, they sure are a dream: load the hopper and go home. cron kicks off the backup in the middle of the night... -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea | | which could only have originated in California." | | --Edsger Dijkstra | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
