> my current amanda 2.4.2p2 config is running beautifully. i have a RH7.1 box > with an 8 tape DLT drive backing up 12 servers automagically every night. > however, i would like to start sending the entire magazine out each friday > off-site. > > how do i go about adding 8 more tapes so that amanda uses each 8-tape set > consecutively? > > for example: > > week0 = tapes 0-7 > week1 = tapes 8-15 > week2 = tapes 0-7 > week3 = tapes 8-15 > ..etc.. ..etc..
The easy way is to simply double the number for "tapecycle" in your amanda.conf. When you get your report back after dumping to the 8th tape, it should say that amanda is expecting a new tape. You should get a complete level zero of all systems on both sets of tapes: 0-7 and 8-15. Michael
