Hello...
Eric Wadsworth wrote:
> Christopher McCrory wrote:
>
>>Hello...
>>
>>Eric Wadsworth wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Amanda's been running smoothly for months now. It uses 6 tapes to back up
>>>our network.
>>>
>>>I was thinking it's about time to take a "snapshot" of the network, and
>>>preserve the current 6 tapes, and start using a new set of 6. The old ones
>>>can be an off-site backup.
>>>
>>>Here's what I was thinking of doing; I'd like some feedback if this is
>>>the best solution.
>>>
>>>1. Get 6 more tapes, and amlabel them identically to the old
>>>ones: DailySet000 through DailySet005.
>>>2. Wait a few days until I'm asked to insert tape DailySet000, then take
>>>the old DailySet000, pop it into my drawer, and instead insert the new
>>>blank DailySet000. Continue this process with DailySet001 through
>>>DailySet005.
>>>3. Now my drawer is full of the old tapes, and I can take them home.
>>>
>>>Is this a good plan?
>>>
>>No.
>>
>>you will overwrite the database of which file to which tape. (I can't
>>remember the correct file/term)
>>
>>What I would do is label the next six tapes DailySet0[06..11]
>>run 'amadmin DailySet no-reuse DailySet00[0-5]'
>>this means, "don't reuse these"
>>
>
> Excellent! Yes, this looks like a better solution.
>
>
>>then you could run amrecover and set the date to one that is on one of
>>those tapes.
>>
>
> Okay, this portion confused me a bit... why would I run amrecover to set a date?
To get a file specifically from one of the archived tapes.
amrecover bla bla
> setdate a.long.time.ago
or run amrestore against the tape directly.
cc:ing list so someone later could find this is an archive
>
>
>>On the next amdump run it will ask for DailySet006 ...
>>
>
> PS: I love your Douglas Adams quote! I presume 6*9=42 in base 13? :)
Yea, I stole the .sig from someone else. The quote is from a MIT speech
he gave.
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