Re: Archiving with amanda

2007-11-08 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2007-11-06 17:04, Mario Silva wrote: Hi all: Hope everyone is ok. I got a question and hope you can help me. Currently I am using virtual tapes and after a period of time I would like to send those backups to a LTO Library Tape Unit to take away to a vault our backups. Is it possible?

Re: Archiving With Amanda?

2004-08-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Steven, on Freitag, 28. Mai 2004 at 16:51 you wrote to amanda-users: SB I have some files I'd like to permanently remove from my system SB (archiving to tape). It would be nice to have them listed in SB amanda's index and have amanda keep track of them for me. Does SB anyone know a way to

Re: Archiving With Amanda?

2004-05-28 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Fri, 28 May 2004 at 8:51am, Steven Backus wrote I have some files I'd like to permanently remove from my system (archiving to tape). It would be nice to have them listed in amanda's index and have amanda keep track of them for me. Does anyone know a way to do this? Set up a new config

Re: Archiving With Amanda?

2004-05-28 Thread Martin Hepworth
steven create a new backup set called 'archive', as opposed to the one you have now. then run it whenever... -- Martin Hepworth Snr Systems Administrator Solid State Logic Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300 Steven Backus wrote: I have some files I'd like to permanently remove from my system (archiving to

Re: Archiving With Amanda?

2004-05-28 Thread Paul Bijnens
Steven Backus wrote: I have some files I'd like to permanently remove from my system (archiving to tape). It would be nice to have them listed in amanda's index and have amanda keep track of them for me. Does anyone know a way to do this? Mark the tape as no-reuse. Then amanda will not recycle

Re: Archiving With Amanda

2004-05-28 Thread Steven Backus
Wow guys that was fast and great, you guys rock. Thanks a lot. Steve

Re: Archiving With Amanda?

2004-05-28 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 08:51:49AM -0600, Steven Backus wrote: I have some files I'd like to permanently remove from my system (archiving to tape). One point in addition to what everyone else has said: it would be wise to make at least two copies of the archive tape(s). Media has a nasty habit

Re: Archiving With Amanda?

2004-05-28 Thread David Wolfskill
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 03:03:42PM -0400, Eric Siegerman wrote: (Simply amdumping twice would not make *identical* copies, since the first run would change the files' last-access timestamps, if nothing else.) Changing the last-access time of a file is only an issue for mechanisms that open