Re: tapelist and tape order

2003-01-19 Thread Christoph Scheeder
Sure there is a simple solution to this: edit your amanda.conf, lower tapecycle and dumpcycle to 5 and next time when amanda tells you it expects tape DailySet1-05, she will happily write to tape DailySet1-04, as it's old enough to be overwritten. Same for tape DailySet1-07 a few days later. after

Re: tapelist and tape order

2003-01-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 January 2003 06:46, Christoph Scheeder wrote: >Sure there is a simple solution to this: >edit your amanda.conf, lower tapecycle and dumpcycle to 5 and >next time when amanda tells you it expects tape DailySet1-05, >she will happily write to tape DailySet1-04, as it's old enough >to be

Dump size calculator

2003-01-19 Thread Barry Callahan
Last week, I stumbled across a webpage that had a discussion on how big to make your holding area, and I can't seem to find it anymore. I don't remember where I saw it. The example used on the page assumed 100GB in use, with 5% change per day, and a dump every day in a 7 day cycle. The exampl

Re: SCSI or amanda trouble?

2003-01-19 Thread Hery Zo RAKOTONDRAMANANA
Jon LaBadie wrote: On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 10:38:43AM +0300, Hery Zo RAKOTONDRAMANANA wrote: Hi all, by the way, wish all of you all the best things for this new year. My problem is that I frequently have these messages: *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [reading label: Input/output error]. Think

Re: Dump size calculator

2003-01-19 Thread Steve Loughran
http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html ??? Steve - Original Message - From: "Barry Callahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 3:40 AM Subject: Dump size calculator > Last week, I stumbled across a webpage that had a discussion on how big > t