On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 11:03:08AM -0500, Keith Higgs wrote: > I have to agree that a GUI frontend would be nice but completely unnecessary. If > you don't know your way around a command prompt you have little business being a > backup administrator. > > That said, there are lots of opportunities for additional configuration options. > Our single tape drive system is physically in a secure area that is staffed by our > central IT department. I have full access to the room but, we need to work out a > process/procedure for their over-night operator to change out the tapes for us on a > regular schedule. > > I would really like options to send tape administration reminders to a specified > email address as part of the amcheck process. I could then schedule amcheck to run > long enough ahead the call to amdump for the operator to change the tape if needed. >
You can schedule amcheck with cron for any config at any time. By checking the man page for amcheck I also note these options: -M ... Mail report recipient is ... -m Only send mail on errors -t only do tape tests Isn't this what you are seeking? > Additionally, there could be an option for amdump to send such a message as needed > for a tape swap during a backup run, or upon completion. > The use of this method within amcheck is by far the more preferrable because it > provides more flexibility. If you have multiple configurations scheduled to run at > different times, it provides a means of checking the tape and requesting a change so > you have fewer situations that require use of amflush. Have you looked at chg-manual? I haven't in a long time but ISTR it having such a feature. BTW can you stick a few EOL's in your messages? -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
