Hi all and Scott I am trying a Monthly archive but in order to follow a setup similar to Scott I need a tape changer.
I have found a SCSI tape drive spec below it was once used for backups prior to moving over to Amanda. External Seagate DAT subsystem for NT, Windows, NetWare, DDS-3 recording format, consists of STD124000N DAT drive (data transfer rate 2.2 MB/s, 24 GB capacity with DDS-DC data compression), tabletop enclosure, tape, 1 m cable with 50pin high density plug, Thus could this possible be used a a tape changer I have checked the Amanda homepage but doesn't mention any devices. Cheers Chuck On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 07:39 -0400, Scott R. Burns wrote: > Hi Chuck, > Sorry I don't have any experience without a changer. You would be best > to > ask the list about this one. There may be a way to have it pause and prompt > for the next tape ? > > I do know that you can pick up the changer I have on Ebay usually for about > $ 100 USD - $ 200 USD with a 30day warrenty. Unfortunately I bought mine > brand new in it's day for about $ 3000 USD :-( > > Scott... > > Scott R. Burns > NETCON Technologies Incorporated > Suite 135 - 4474 Blakie Road > London, Ontario, Canada > N6L 1G7 > Voice: +1.519.652.0401 > Fax: +1.519.652.9275 > Web: www.netcontech.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 6:23 AM > To: Scott R. Burns > Subject: RE: My Monthly archive config - issue > > > Hi > > I have received an error after running amcheck Monthly > > WARNING: if a tape changer is not available, runtapes must be set to 1 > > Thus I have not got a tape changer > > I just want to amflush data that cannot fit on tape 1 to 2,3 or in the > future tape 4 to backup potential around 80GB. > > Cheers > > Chuck > > > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 12:23 -0400, Scott R. Burns wrote: > > I have a similar setup. I have HW compression turned off on the drive (HP > > DAT24X6 changer). > > > > In my monthly config: > > > > > > dumpcycle 0 weeks > > runspercycle 1 > > tapecycle 1000 tapes > > runtapes 3 > > > > Also, record is turned off so my normal daily amanda config does not think > > the level 0 has been completed after the monthly. > > > > We never re-use our monthly tapes we send them offsite and leave them so > > thats why I have it set to 1000. We use between 2-3 tapes on a monthly run > > so runtapes is at 3. > > > > Scott... > > > > Scott R. Burns > > NETCON Technologies Incorporated > > Suite 135 - 4474 Blakie Road > > London, Ontario, Canada > > N6L 1G7 > > Voice: +1.519.652.0401 > > Fax: +1.519.652.9275 > > Web: www.netcontech.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chuck Amadi Systems > > Administrator > > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:01 PM > > To: Amanda List > > Subject: My Monthly archive config - issue > > > > > > Hi again > > > > Its that time for a monthly archive backup I have currently 80GB server > > and using a DAT DDS-4 20GB native 40GB compression I am aware that I > > cannot have both hardware compression and software compression on So > > Amanda usually behaviour is to have hardware compression turned off > > using the mt command. > > > > Thus my amanda.conf is as follows > > > > I want a full dump for archiving and this tape will pulled out. > > dumpcycle 4 weeks # the number of days in the normal dump cycle > > runspercycle 2 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days > > # (4 weeks * 5 amdump runs per week -- just > > weekdays) > > tapecycle 12 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation to pull each > > monthly tape for archiving. > > > > runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a normal run. > > > > Should I increase runtapes to 2 to ensure that I backup at a minimum > > 40GB. > > Also should I amend dumpcycle to dumpcycle 0 weeks for a full dump and > > not incremental. > > > > Please advice of the best setup to backup for a monthly archive. > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator > > Chuck Amadi > > The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), > > Princess of Wales Hospital > > Coity Road > > Bridgend, > > United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. > > Email chuck.smtl.co.uk > > Tel: +44 1656 752820 > > Fax: +44 1656 752830 > > > > > > > > > -- > Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator > Chuck Amadi > The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), > Princess of Wales Hospital > Coity Road > Bridgend, > United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. > Email chuck.smtl.co.uk > Tel: +44 1656 752820 > Fax: +44 1656 752830 > > > > -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator Chuck Amadi The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Email chuck.smtl.co.uk Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830
