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itokman
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13 years ago

GFS and autoloader setup

Can a single tape be used as a target for multiple “differential backup” jobs without being overwritten, so sequential backups are appended? Or it can’t be done as the tapes’ header is going to be ov...
  • pkh's avatar
    13 years ago

    You have to set your Monday's diff to overwrite the tape.  Otherwise, it will append to tape and when the tape gets full, you would need another tape.

    Yes.  You can recover the deleted file if the backup is done between the time the file is created and the time when it is deleted.