On Saturday 10 July 2004 18:12, Michael D Schleif wrote: >* Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:10:17:45:42-0400] scribed: >> On Saturday 10 July 2004 11:46, Michael D Schleif wrote: > ><snip /> > >> >With this current setup, nine (9) usable tapes, I wonder how best >> > to configure Amanda? Yes, we can manually swap out magazines as >> > necessary; but, we prefer that this site run as automagically as >> > possible. To wit, one magazine and nine tapes -- period. >> > >> >How do you setup similar environments? What happens if a tape >> > is, of a sudden, bad when you need to restore? >> > >> >What do you think? >> >> If it was me, I'd probably get another magazine, put 7 tapes and a >> cleaner in each, and have cron send you a reminder email to change >> the magazine before you do anything else monday mornings. That >> would take a dumpcycle=7, runspercycle=7, tapecycle=14.
I'd goto this 2nd example in that case. Nother dumb Q: Does this office have sufficient backup power to hold things long enough to at least get there and do a gracefull shutdown? I do unless I'm gone to town or some such. >> Or goto dumpcycle=4,runspercycle=4,and tapecycle=9 and run it >> every night and wear those tapes out in a hurry. But I'm not you, >> and atm don't even have amanda running, I've gotta see if I can >> make it use dvd-+-rw's one of these days. My last DDS2 changer's >> head died a week or so back. > >Yes, I know that this is the ideal solution. > >However, this is an office with naive computer users, and a bunch of >servers. Experience has taught me not to rely too heavily on >non-technical people to change tapes ;> It is more important that > we get a good backup _every_ night, than to have somebody forget to > change the magazine, and go without backups for several days ;< > >Somebody must have already dealt with this scenario, and have a time >worn solution. > >What do you think? Thats my $0.02 :-) -- Cheers, Gene There are 4 boxes to be used in defense of liberty. Soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order, starting now. -Ed Howdershelt, Author Additions to this message made by Gene Heskett are Copyright 2004, Maurice E. Heskett, all rights reserved.