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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark L. Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:27 AM
Subject: Simple daily-use questions
> Okay, our backup plan, with major thanks to you guys, and especially John
> R. Jackson, is ready to go into daily operation. I _do_ have some "daily
> use" questions that I just couldn't get answered in the FAQ, or on "the
> chapter".
>
> First, some background... I'm using a 22-tape changer on a linux box, and
> using two tapes per run...
>
> Here are some salient amanda.conf entries for the daily:
>
> netusage 25000 Kbps
> dumpcycle 2 weeks
> runspercycle 10
> tapecycle 22 tapes
> runtapes 2
>
> ----
>
> Now, I run amcheck and amdump in a cron job M-F for 2 weeks. That's 20
> tapes with 2 tapes for error. I've labeled all the tapes daily-01 through
> daily-22 on the cartridge that's in the tape machine now. Some thoughts,
> please correct me if I'm wrong:
>
> - I assume amdump will grab a new tape when it needs it... ie, the first
> dump is on daily-01 and daily-02. I don't manually need to advance to
> daily-03 for tonights dump.
> - At the end of the second week, do I swap a new set of 22 tapes in, or
> can I start reusing daily-01? I'm not entirely clear on how this works,
> as it's a little different than anything I've ever used. If I start
> reusing, do I risk losing data?
> - I figure I can do archivals like "the chapter" says. Any other pointers?
>
> Thanks for clearing these last few things up...
>
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