> On Apr 1, 2016, at 9:54 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger <s...@amanda.org> wrote:
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> (3rd try, as my mails don't seem to get through to the list)
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> I am asked to come up with an archive setup using WORM tapes (LTO6).
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> There should be yearly backups written to those tapes and stored away.
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> Any clever tricks on how to set that up with as little overhead as
> possible? I'd like to link over the disklist and only have a minimal 2nd
> config for this. Mostly this will result in having a really huge
> dumpcycle, right?
Yes, put a link for the disklist.
Copy the amanda.conf but change:
dumpcycle 0 # the number of days in the normal ARCHIVE cycle
tapecycle 9000 # some infinite number; always fresh tape for archives
runtapes 3 # whatever number it takes to fit all YOUR level-0 backups on —
plus 1 or 2 more for safety
redefine your “dailyDump” dump types, so that the NAME stays the same (you
are using the same disklist)
but the action includes
strategy noinc #nothing but full backups; don't even calculate other
sizes
skip-incr yes #dunno if needed, but I do it
record no #don’t mess up the RECORD that the daily backup is
using as reference for incremental
Yeah, it’ll take a long while. Try to have as much spool space as you
possibly can.
I do an archive cycle once a month, and use the above changes.
Deb Baddorf
Fermilab
