--On Thursday, November 04, 2004 00:18:30 +0000 James Marcinek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On to the next hurdle hopefully one of the last. > > I have one tape device. I will be working with multiple systems so I know that > some backups will require multiple tapes. Since the backups will be eventually > done on cron, how does one know that a tape change is needed? Will amanda send > out an email or something. I'm planning on using amcheck to make sure the > correct tape is in prior to kicking the backup off... I just couldn't find > anything on this matter. Do you have a changer? If so, Amanda will automatically load the next tape when needed (once you've configured it properly, of course). If not, you can use chg-manual (a 'virtual' tape changer where you are the changer and manually swap out tapes as needed). I believe if you have enough holdingdisk space your backups will continue while its waiting for you to swap tapes. I haven't used it, perhaps someone else can clarify how it notifies you that a tape change is needed. Frank > > Thanks everyone, > > James