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List:       amanda-users
Subject:    Re: How to disable spanning in Amanda?
From:       Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau () zmanda ! com>
Date:       2011-07-20 12:12:09
Message-ID: 4E26C619.7030902 () zmanda ! com
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$man amanda.conf
DUMPTYPE SECTION

/allow-split/ /bool/
    Default: true. If true, then dumps with this dumptype can be split
    on the storage media. If false, then the dump will be written in a
    single file on the media. See "Dump Splitting Configuration" below.

Jean-Louis


On 07/20/2011 02:48 AM, Sven Rudolph wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running amanda 3.2.1. When writing a DLE to tape hits the end of
> the tape, this part is closed and a new part containing the remaining
> data is written to the next tape.
>
> Instead I want the complete DLE to be restarted on the next
> tape. (Thats how it behaved with my Amanda 2.4.* configuration.)
>
> So I guess I am looking for a way to disable spanning. The wiki only
> speeks about enabling spanning
> (<http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Split_Dumps_Across_Tapes>). It
> mentions setting runtapes and then explains the part_* parameters
> (which IMHO are about splitting, not spanning). (I have runtapes set
> to 15 and no part_* parameters set.)
>
> But in my case spanning automically works, even without splitting! So
> I am looking for a way to disable spanning.
>
> Thanks,
>
> 	Sven
>

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