On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:27:04AM -0700, Jon Stearley wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 07:56:24AM -0500, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 at 5:21pm, Jon Stearley wrote > > > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 12:05:10PM -0500, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > > > > Well, 2.4.3b2 (derived from the 2.4.2-tapeio branch) has the ability to > > > > use files on disk like tapes. You could back up to files on disk, and > > > > then have the cronjob which runs 'amdump' ftp those to the tape library. > > > > amrecover would still have access to your indexes, and when it asks you > > > > for a "tape" you just grab the right file off the ftp server/tape library. > > > > > > sounds perfect! so i grabbed and built 2.4.3b2 but would appreciate a > > > pointer on how to utilize this functionality, the (.conf?) option is > > > not jumping out at me... thx! > > > > > All is explained in amanda(8). Basically, your tapedev would look like > > "file:/path/to/backup/dir". > > works, of course ;) i can amlabel a tape and dump to it. after my > amlabel command, i see the following in the data dir: > 00000-mercy00 00000.mercy00 00001-TAPEEND 00001.TAPEEND > > from the docs it sounds like the data dir can contain multiple tapes,
No, where do you read that, the doc must be fixed. With "file:/path/to/backup/dir", /path/to/backup/dir is a tape drive and /path/to/backup/dir/data is a tape. You can only have one tape in a tape drive. > that's the part i can't figgure out. if i amlabel a new label, it > just changes the label on the same image files. i tried using > chg-multi with slots set like: > slot 0 /scratch/amanda/images/data/00000.mercy00 > slot 1 /scratch/amanda/images/data/00001-mercy01 > slot 2 /scratch/amanda/images/data > slot 3 /scratch/amanda/images > none of which work. it never thinks it has a tape loaded... > You should use (4 tape drives): slot 0 file:/scratch/amanda/images0 slot 1 file:/scratch/amanda/images1 slot 2 file:/scratch/amanda/images2 slot 3 file:/scratch/amanda/images3 Jean-Louis -- Jean-Louis Martineau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Departement IRO, Universite de Montreal C.P. 6128, Succ. CENTRE-VILLE Tel: (514) 343-6111 ext. 3529 Montreal, Canada, H3C 3J7 Fax: (514) 343-5834
