What you are asking for is technically possible, and not all that difficult, but ill-advised.
If something blows up during the backup on Sunday, you are back to the previous Sunday's backups, if you still have them. (If you don't have them, you're really toast.) Unless bludgeoned otherwise, AMANDA will automatically distribute full backup (level 0) of the different file systems across a series of tapes, so that a catastrophic failure of the tape server only costs you a small impact in restorability. The indexes keep track of which backups are on which tapes, allowing you to restore disks or files by selection. AMANDA will then tell you which tape(s) you need. This will also give you more predictable run times for your backups. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Eure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 3:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Tape changer question > > > Hi there. I have a HP C1557A (SureStore DAT 24x6) tape > changer that I'm using > with Amanda. > > What I'd like to do is this: > > Full backup on Sunday night, split across the 6 tapes in the changer > Incremental backups Monday-Saturday, each on one of the 6 > tapes in the > changer. > > Do I need two different backup types to do this? E.g. one > "Weekly" backup > job, and a "Daily" job that backs up to the first tape in the > changer, and > moves to the next tape each day after? > > Any advice is appreciated. >
