I don't know if this is part of amanda's features: Is it possible to have amanda produce notifications on: i) need to replace tapes based on tape usage. ii) need to clean heads based on tape drive usage.
If the drive and tapes are only used under amanda supervision (which is my case), then amanda has access to information on the number of times a tape was written, erased, labeled, checked, etc. and also to the usage of the tape drive. Some customizations could be added to amanda.conf to deal with different drives and tapes, or to let users be more or less conservative on their tape & drive usage (extend tape lifespan as much as we can or be really conservative and don't care about spending more money, as examples). Perhaps I missed it and it's there. Or perhaps there are some good reasons against this? Thanks in advance for illuminating me, Fernan -- | F e r n a n A g u e r o | B i o i n f o r m a t i c s | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | genoma.unsam.edu.ar |
