Donald's suggestion is precisely what we're doing here. We choose to send the most recent (runspercycle * runtapes) set offsite, as it is the most valuable. Others may choose to send an older set offsite so as to be able to restore accidental-deletions from the most recent set. Choose according to your environment.
Cheers.
At 01:29 PM 1/6/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Suggest that you consider setting up a dump-cycle of 1 week, with a tape cycle of three weeks (5 tapes/15 tapes for weekdays only, 7/21 tapes for seven days-per-week cycles). This will permit you to send out a complete set of backup tapes once per week (for example, sending out the previous weeks tapes on Monday) and getting back the set of tapes from two weeks ago in exchange. You then start reusing the three week-old tapes for the current week. You will need to have three sets of tapes, in case it takes more than a day to exchange the tapes with your offsite repository.Week In-Use Off-Site To-Be-Reused 1 Set3 Set2 Set1 2 Set1 Set3 Set2 3 Set2 Set1 Set3 4 Set3 Set2 Set1 .... Because of the one-week dumpcycle, you will always have a complete set of dumps of each file system in the off-site tape set. It will grow increasingly out-of-date during the week, but storing your local collection of tapes in a fire-resistant vault should reduce your risks to an acceptable level. As always, "Your mileage may vary..." Don Donald L. (Don) Ritchey Unix System and Network Administrator E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: David Lebel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: offsite strategies Hi! I'm new to Amanda; I'm more used to "traditional" solutions like Networker or NetBackup. That being said, the setup I'm currently administrating has been put in place by my predecessor and I'm wondering if people are using Amanda in an "offsite" strategy, where there is one "cycle" of tapes offsite (usually a few weeks old) and another cycle residing onsite (ie. the current ongoing cycle). My point is that I would like to be able to store a full cycle offsite in case of a disaster so I can full rebuild all my machines without the worries of having only partials full backups. Any hints? Ciao, ..>David -- // david lebel <lebel@{lebel.org,nobiaze.com,openbsd.org}> // // http://www.lebel.org/ http://www.nobiaze.com/ // // pgp: 3633 6999 D47E 73ED 099F 4341 08A4 8E48 EF56 61D1 // ************************************************************************ This e-mail and any of its attachments may contain Exelon Corporation proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to the Exelon Corporation family of Companies. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. Thank You. ************************************************************************
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