On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 08:53:49AM -0600, Andrew Robinson wrote:
> At 07:23 AM 1/19/01 +0100, Jens Bech Madsen wrote:
> >Ben Elliston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Is there a way for Amanda to eject the tape at the end of a run so that I
> > > can simply remove it each day (and to indicate that the tape run has
> > > actually completed)?
> > >
> > > Or should I just run `mt offline' myself?
> >
> >Yes.
>
> You can set your crontab entry that starts amanda to eject the tape:
>
> 0 23 * * * /usr/local/sbin/amdump Daily1 && mt offline
>
> Technically, you have ejected the tape yourself, but the tape will be
> waiting for you when you arrive at the office in the morning.
Or run amanda from a wrapper script. Which we do anyway, to
accomplish certain other preparations and cleanup.
0 23 * * * /backup/bin/amanda-wrapper.sh
amanda-wrapper.sh may contain things such as
-- Scheduling of archival backups, which may be a bit
more than "cron" understands.
-- Taking snapshots of databases for backup purposes
-- gathering other bits and pieces deemed inconvenient
for inclusion in disklists, onto a convenient
rotating archive. For example, snapshots of /etc
from all the hosts in the office. Or an rsync
of material on hosts connected by low-speed link,
which renders normal backups impractical.
-- And of course, ejecting the tape.
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