Re: bad tape?

2019-08-28 Thread Olivier
Jens Berg writes: > On 8/28/2019 9:14 AM, Olivier wrote: >> I have a dedicated server that runs Amanda, with 8 bays, I never >> disconnect the disks unless it is time to replace them with a newer >> and biger one. > > Don't you have Off-Site backups? No. > Since I switched from LTO to vtapes,

Re: bad tape?

2019-08-28 Thread Jens Berg
On 8/28/2019 9:14 AM, Olivier wrote: > I have a dedicated server that runs Amanda, with 8 bays, I never > disconnect the disks unless it is time to replace them with a newer > and biger one. Don't you have Off-Site backups? Since I switched from LTO to vtapes, I'm using USB drives for that which

Re: Amanda 2.6.1p2 -- rebuilding database?

2019-08-28 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 28 Aug 2019 08:44:57 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 28 August 2019 08:16:23 Robert Heller wrote: > > > I inadvertenly deleted everything from my amanda database (amadmin > > config delete ...). Is there a way to rebuild the database? I am > > using Amanda 2.6.1p2 on my

Re: Amanda 2.6.1p2 -- rebuilding database?

2019-08-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 28 August 2019 08:16:23 Robert Heller wrote: > I inadvertenly deleted everything from my amanda database (amadmin > config delete ...). Is there a way to rebuild the database? I am > using Amanda 2.6.1p2 on my server. Do you have it on separate media as part of your backup data?

Amanda 2.6.1p2 -- rebuilding database?

2019-08-28 Thread Robert Heller
I inadvertenly deleted everything from my amanda database (amadmin config delete ...). Is there a way to rebuild the database? I am using Amanda 2.6.1p2 on my server. -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software-- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/

Re: bad tape?

2019-08-28 Thread Olivier
Diego Zuccato writes: > Il 28/08/19 03:34, Olivier ha scritto: > >> Or write another device for Amanda to use, it would not be vtape, it >> would be ... something. > Could be 'rawdisk'. :) > > But better plan for some redundancy to compensate for silent corruption. > > And consider that SATA

Re: bad tape?

2019-08-28 Thread Diego Zuccato
Il 28/08/19 03:34, Olivier ha scritto: > Or write another device for Amanda to use, it would not be vtape, it > would be ... something. Could be 'rawdisk'. :) But better plan for some redundancy to compensate for silent corruption. And consider that SATA connectors have a limited life (about