--On Tuesday, October 12, 2004 16:22:16 -0500 Erik Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello - I've been working w/ linux for many years, but have never had > the occasion to work with any sort of tape backup software on the > platform until now, so I'm pretty clueless about how to > access/configure/etc tape devices. Here's my current setup: > > I have a Dell Powervault 120T hanging off of an Adaptec SCSI card. > The card is recognized by the OS, as well as the tape changer. Here's > how the device shows up in proc: > > host root # cat /proc/scsi/scsi > Attached devices: > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 > Vendor: QUANTUM Model: ATLAS10K2-TY367L Rev: DA40 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 > Vendor: ADIC Model: FastStor DLT Rev: D116 > Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 > Vendor: QUANTUM Model: DLT7000 Rev: 2561 > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > It's always a good thing for the OS to see the tape drives and changer, so you're well on your way to being able to use it. > The tape device is a 6-tape changer, but only 5 tapes are accessible > from the front of the device, so I'm only planning on using 5 tapes. > > Are there any "beginner's guides" out there that could hold my hand > for a few days until I get my head around amanda? The best place to start is "the chapter" on Amanda from W.Curtis Preston's book 'UNIX Backup & Recovery'. You can read that chapter online, the link is on the amanda.org home page. In my opinion the book is also worth buying and reading in its entirety. Once you've read that you might want to ask further questions of this list and get possibly get some feedback on your backup strategy. Every site is different, and there are tradeoffs to be made, so it helps to get ideas on what is best for your situation before spending too much time implementing something. Next step would be getting your changer working without Amanda. If you are going to use mtx make sure you can load, unload and move tapes with that before starting on Amanda. Two things you really don't want to do (or at least ask before trying): Label your tapes with a day of the week, month, or similar. Use 'localhost' as a hostname to back up. Frank > > BTW, I'm running gentoo linux, a 2.6.7 kernel, and amanda 2.4.4_p3. > > Thanks! > -Erik Anderson -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501