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I just got 7 tapes and an old scsi tape streamer from a friend. I will
be installing Amanda and was thinking I would use the following backup scheme. The 7 tapes are "devided" into: 2 Tapes OFF-Site 4 tapes = 4 weeks , mon-sat = incred, sun = full dump 1 - backup tape just in case The backup-scheme would be like this. First I run a full backup using the 1st of 2 OFF-SIte tapes. I think I should create a second config for manuel archiving, wouldn't that be the best solution? Then, I'd let the backupcycle begin:
1st of 4 Cycle tapes: Midnight each Monday to saturday - changed/new files only Midnight Sunday - Full backup -
Eject backup - insert 2nd of 4 Cycle tapes
2nd of 4 Cycle tapes: same schedule as 1st tape of
course.
3... same as 2nd etc 4.... etc 1..... etc 2...... etc and when my schedule or my instincts tell me it's time for a new full off-site backup I do a manual full backup on 2nd of 2 OFF-Site tapes while my normal cycle goes as normal (if I remember to insert the cycle tape again after I've done a manual one :) Since I've never used a tape streamer before and not very much into the backup-scheme, I'm asking for comments on my backup-scheme. I'de also very much like to get input on how to achieve this.. can't say I understand the runspercycle and typecycles etc just yet.. /Christopher |
