>> The best approach is to create a separate configuration for your
>archive
>> backups. It should use a separate set of tapes, and have all
>dumptypes
>> configured with `record no', so it doesn't interfere with regular
>backups.
>
>But that would mean that I'm not able to restore the tapes with
>amrecover. ...
No, it doesn't mean that. "record no" says that doing the full dump
will not confuse the normal Amanda config and it's incremental schedule.
You could still set "index yes" and generate the index records needed
by amrecover. But make sure you put them in their own area, not mixed
in with the normal production ones.
>What happens if I remove (physically) a tape and would not tell amanda
>about it? She should take the next in the cycle and skip this tape
>till it as back in the cycle?
No. Amanda will insist on that tape being mounted if it's the next one
to be used. If it's not available, use the no-reuse option of amadmin
to make it unavailable when Amanda wants it, then give Amanda a newly
amlabel'd tape (so it has tapecycle tapes available again).
>Sven
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
