I schedule a
full backup of our servers on Fridays which is part of the "Weekly"
amanda config. I also schedule a separate full backup of our
critical server called Pedcent on Sundays which is part of the "Pedcent"
amanda config:
$ crontab -l
00 22 * * 1-4 /opt/amanda/sbin/ambackup Daily >> /tmp/ambackup_Daily.log 2>&1
00 21 * * 5 /opt/amanda/sbin/ambackup Weekly >> /tmp/ambackup_Weekly.log 2>&1
00 14 * * 0 /opt/amanda/sbin/ambackup Pedcent >> /tmp/ambackup_Pedcent.log 2>&1
00 22 * * 1-4 /opt/amanda/sbin/ambackup Daily >> /tmp/ambackup_Daily.log 2>&1
00 21 * * 5 /opt/amanda/sbin/ambackup Weekly >> /tmp/ambackup_Weekly.log 2>&1
00 14 * * 0 /opt/amanda/sbin/ambackup Pedcent >> /tmp/ambackup_Pedcent.log 2>&1
Hence the
tapes I put into the jukebox on Fridays are as follows:
Slot 1:
Fri3.1
Slot 2:
Fri3.2
Slot 3:
Peg0.1
where Peg0.1 is used
for the "Pedcent" full backup. Evey Monday I receive 2 emails.
One telling me that the "Weekly" was successful and the other telling me
that "Pedcent" was successful. Here is where the BUT comes
in......
After doing a
recent system disk restore I noticed that when searching for a server to
restore from the "Weekly" disklist, it told me to load the Fri3.1 tape.
When I read it however, it was displaying all of "Pedcent" partitions. This
means that it had actually overwritten the first tape. Did this happen because
there wasnt enough room on the Peg0.1 tape so it just went
to Fri3.1 ? (there is plenty of room on the Peg0.1 tape by the
way)
Is there a way that
Amanda will request a new tape to be loaded if it reaches to the end of its
assigned tape, without going off and overwriting a previous
one?
Thanks
- Ranveer
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