Benjamin Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i've been using amanda for a few weeks now, and i am very happy with it. > > my current tape cycle is 7 tapes, but i wanted to have two sets of 7 tapes (so one >can reside offsite). after backing up to the first 7 tapes, i ran amlabel -f on a >new set of 7 tapes and set all their labels to the same labels i used on the first >set of tapes. > > everything has been going fine. i was just curious if this was a safe practice, or >can this complicate things when/if i try to do a restore in the future.
Benjamin, you've successfully defeated a lot of Amanda's "idiot-proofing" and internal housekeeping features :-( The software labels should prevent writing to the wrong tape. The internal data base content is tied to the tape label, etc... I'd set up Amanda like this: Backups every day Tape cycle 20 tapes (tape001 - tape020). This gives some extra tapes for amflush, delayed tape return from offsite, the "one file restore" etc. If tapes wear out, add new tape numbers at the end (tape021 is next) and "amrmtape" the old ones. Send the 7 oldest tapes offsite once a week. Johannes Nie�
