On Friday 04 Feb 2005 19:43, you wrote: > hello, > > I have a few question in mind so I'll be able to better configure it. > 1) So far I tested Amanda and backed up data on a hard drive and am quit > happy with the results. Recently we got a new tape drive and I need to > start backing up our data into taps. I am going to use the same Amanda > server and clients. Should and if so how do I initialize Amanda so it won't > care about previous backups?
Just modify your disklist entries etc. If you don't care, Amanda won't care. As long as you use amlabel the new tapes. > Additionally I'll probably have to do some > more testing in order to see how much time/bandwidth Amanda uses when it > backup to our tape drive. But after doing those tests - can I delete those > files from the tape? Just over write them or remove them with amadmin > > 2) I understand that Amanda has its algorithm that decides when do to a > full backup, or an incremental one. > But I am a little confused with labeling tapes. (amlabel) > When I used the hard-disk I define each hard-drive 'partition' as 4GB > and then amlabel each disk e.g. > #/usr/sbin/amlabel DailySet1 HISS01 slot 1 > #/usr/sbin/amlabel DailySet1 HISS02 slot 2 ... > However, I have tapes that each can store 400 compress data, and we have > to store about 30GB - am I domed to use each tape for one backup - or can I > 'partition' those tapes? Yes, one tape for one backup and you can't partition the tapes, but one backup can be many clients. > Do I have to put each tape in the tape drive and run amlabel? Of course, how would Amanda know what tapes to use? > > 3) We have a local and remote sites that we have to backup any thoughts, > comments on what should I keep in mine before doing so. Additionally any > recommendation for what to use to secure our data when backing up remotely? I would use rsync to get the remote files if they are across the internet and then backup the machine they go to. > I read that I can use TCP wrappers but how do I implement it with Amanda? This is in the docs. > > 4) Finally, we have one tape drive and about 20 servers that we need to > backup from. Some of those servers run on Solaris, some on Windows. Can I > back all servers on the same tape, or do I need to set separate tapes for > Win machines? All one tape, just get teh right clients installed. > > > Many thanks, > gil -- Kind Regards, Gavin Henry. Managing Director. T +44 (0) 1467 624141 M +44 (0) 7930 323266 F +44 (0) 1224 742001 E [EMAIL PROTECTED] Open Source. Open Solutions(tm). http://www.suretecsystems.com/