On Tuesday 19 November 2002 03:59, Charles Sprickman wrote: >On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM wrote: >> As far as I know, unfortunately there is no way to get around >> this dilemma becuase Amanda is not capable of appending tapes. > >Ouch... Any other suggestions or tips to get around this? Any > other s/w anyone would like to recommend?
Disclaimer: I've never done it, but I've seen it discussed here. You might consider using 2 configurations, one that uses a disk file, and one that uses tape, then include the diskfile area in the tape disklist only. Run the tapeless version 6 days, and run both (tapeless first) with a script on the 7nth. Unforch, if you lose the disk before it gets to tape, its lost, & that is scarey... >Thanks, > >Charles > >> Michael Martinez >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Charles Sprickman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 5:51 PM >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Subject: remote site, no changer >> > >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > I've started hacking up an amanda.conf file, and as I'm >> > reading, I'm getting worried. It seems that amanda wants a >> > new tape every day if I'm >> > doing daily backups. This presents a problem. I have a >> > single 70GB drive, no changer, and the systems being backed up >> > are at a remote location. At most I can have someone there >> > once a week to change tapes. >> > >> > Capacity is not a problem; there will be less than a few >> > hundred MB of change per day, and an initial full dump of all >> > 11 machines should come in >> > under 5-10GB. So the tape doesn't "need" to be changed out >> > because it's >> > getting full... >> > >> > I know this is not optimal, but there's no budget for an AIT >> > changer at >> > this time (they look to be around $5-$8K - the drive was >> > $500)... >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Charles -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.19% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
