Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 01:00:24 -0700 From: "Mike Maltese" <mike@pcmedx.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FReeBSD.ORG> Cc: Bob Collins <pineypl@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: Cron job dump requires tape change Message-ID: <003e01c350f0$7917ec90$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20030718211914.00a78c98@mail.bellsouth.net>
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I thought I had answered this before, but AFAIK, dump just doesn't support multiple volumes. You'll either need to get a higher capacity tape drive, resize your partitions, or use another backup utility. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Collins" <pineypl@bellsouth.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FReeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 6:19 PM Subject: Cron job dump requires tape change > I hope I am not asking a NewB question, but I read through dump and cron > and see no obvious way to run a nightly dump through cron AND allow user > intervention to change the tape. > > I am running a DDS2 tape drive and trying to backup around 12GB. The tape > runs to the end, issues the end of tape, and then dump fails. > > TIA > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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