Re: What to do about the holidays?
> Is this okay to do? Yep, I've done it when eg. I was snowed in for a week and couldn't get in to change the tape. It's a good argument for a large holding disk, and this is a feature that I haven't found in other, rather expensive, backup packages.
Re: What to do about the holidays?
> Is this okay to do? Yep, I've done it when eg. I was snowed in for a week and couldn't get in to change the tape. It's a good argument for a large holding disk, and this is a feature that I haven't found in other, rather expensive, backup packages.
RE: What to do about the holidays?
The way we handle it here is to have several people who know how to do the tape change, and make sure one of them comes in and does it. So far, we haven't all been out of town on the same day. > -Original Message- > From: KEVIN ZEMBOWER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 10:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: What to do about the holidays? > > > It just dawned on me that I won't be in the office next Monday or > Tuesday. I have a backup cronned for M-F at 1800. My first > idea of what > to do is just to leave the system alone, let it backup to disk Monday > and Tuesday, and first thing Wednesday, amflush the backup to tape. > > Is this okay to do? Is this what most folks are doing? I could also > comment out the cron jobs for Monday and Tuesday easily enough. Would > this be better? > > Thanks for your suggestions. > > -Kevin Zembower > > > - > E. Kevin Zembower > Unix Administrator > Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs > 111 Market Place, Suite 310 > Baltimore, MD 21202 > 410-659-6139 >
Re: What to do about the holidays?
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 10:55:42AM -0500, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote: > It just dawned on me that I won't be in the office next Monday or > Tuesday. I have a backup cronned for M-F at 1800. My first idea of what > to do is just to leave the system alone, let it backup to disk Monday > and Tuesday, and first thing Wednesday, amflush the backup to tape. > > Is this okay to do? Is this what most folks are doing? I could also That's what I do. Provided you've a large enough holding disk to provide space for a couple of backups, you're certainly in better shape if you run the backups than if you don't. > comment out the cron jobs for Monday and Tuesday easily enough. Would > this be better? > > Thanks for your suggestions. > > -Kevin Zembower -- - Dan Wilder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Manager & Editor SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549 Phone: 206-782-8808 Seattle, WA 98155-0549URL http://embedded.linuxjournal.com/ -
Re: What to do about the holidays?
Joshua, thank you for your advice. That's exactly what I'll do. -Kevin Zembower >>> Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/19/01 11:29AM >>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 at 10:55am, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote > It just dawned on me that I won't be in the office next Monday or > Tuesday. I have a backup cronned for M-F at 1800. My first idea of what > to do is just to leave the system alone, let it backup to disk Monday > and Tuesday, and first thing Wednesday, amflush the backup to tape. > > Is this okay to do? Is this what most folks are doing? I could also > comment out the cron jobs for Monday and Tuesday easily enough. Would > this be better? I do indeed just let amanda run and amflush when I get back. And I'll be out for a week. If you want any level 0s to get done, make sure you set reserve to something less than 100. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
Re: What to do about the holidays?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 at 10:55am, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote > It just dawned on me that I won't be in the office next Monday or > Tuesday. I have a backup cronned for M-F at 1800. My first idea of what > to do is just to leave the system alone, let it backup to disk Monday > and Tuesday, and first thing Wednesday, amflush the backup to tape. > > Is this okay to do? Is this what most folks are doing? I could also > comment out the cron jobs for Monday and Tuesday easily enough. Would > this be better? I do indeed just let amanda run and amflush when I get back. And I'll be out for a week. If you want any level 0s to get done, make sure you set reserve to something less than 100. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
What to do about the holidays?
It just dawned on me that I won't be in the office next Monday or Tuesday. I have a backup cronned for M-F at 1800. My first idea of what to do is just to leave the system alone, let it backup to disk Monday and Tuesday, and first thing Wednesday, amflush the backup to tape. Is this okay to do? Is this what most folks are doing? I could also comment out the cron jobs for Monday and Tuesday easily enough. Would this be better? Thanks for your suggestions. -Kevin Zembower - E. Kevin Zembower Unix Administrator Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, MD 21202 410-659-6139
