On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 02:06 -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 08:46:31AM +0200, Belen Isla wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am trying to configure amanda to backup my system and I would like to use > > two different types of virtual tapes in a single configuration file, I > > mean, I would like to use big virtual tapes for full backups and smaller > > ones for incrementals. Is it possible to use the parameter tapetype twice > > in the amanda.conf file? In affirmative case, how can I associate a virtual > > tape with the appropriate type? > > > > Just for my own interest ... > > Why do you want to do your own scheduling when amanda > often does a far superior job to human defined scheduling.
Hm. I would like to challenge this statement. It may be true if you have a large network of systems to back up but if you only have one system I doubt if it's true. Before my switch to Linux I backed up my system (OS/2) on a weekly schedule with one full back-up and four incremental back-ups to one tape only. It worked extremely well, if I crashed my system - which I did very often - it took me about half an hour to recover either using a stand-alone recover program or my maintenance OS/2 if it was alive and I kept an archive of up to 8 weeks of back-ups. Now with Linux and Amanda I use 9 tapes mainly because Amanda won't add today's back-up to yesterday's tape. I could probably do with less tapes but I feel more confident with a large tape pool. I would add that I haven't yet found out how to keep a repository of back-ups of the previous weeks like I was used to with OS/2. I like the safe feeling of having a set of back-up tapes from which I know I can recreate the system as it was on a specific day. Now I just have my 9 tapes used in a round Robin fashion. > -- Regards, Erik P. Olsen