On Saturday 29 June 2002 02:59 am, Ron Johnson wrote: > 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...
No need, I work from home :) Apart from that, I use a 2xfull, 2x2xdiff pattern, switching between full sets when the diffs get bigger than a single tape, which doesn't happen often enough to cause me any great stress. - Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
