> > Hey eveyrone, > > Now that I've got a set of tapes running, I'm trying to > figure out how to > include another set of tapes. What I would like to do is have an > identical set of tapes same number, same tapecycle, etc., but named > sligtly differently that I can rotate off-site. >
I haven't done this with two configurations, but I've done it with one, just by setting the *cycle numbers correctly in amanda.conf. If tapecycle is 2*dumpcycle, you will have two complete sets of backup tapes. In my case, each set was a magazine that loaded into the changer, so they were easy to keep separate. It just worked. If you want to be more explicit about it, you could write a couple of shell scripts: Odd weeks: amadmin DailySet1 reuse DailySet001 amadmin DailySet1 reuse DailySet002 amadmin DailySet1 reuse DailySet003 amadmin DailySet1 reuse DailySet004 amadmin DailySet1 reuse DailySet005 amadmin DailySet1 no-reuse DailySet006 amadmin DailySet1 no-reuse DailySet007 amadmin DailySet1 no-reuse DailySet008 amadmin DailySet1 no-reuse DailySet009 amadmin DailySet1 no-reuse DailySet010 Even weeks: amadmin DailySet1 reuse DailySet006 amadmin DailySet1 reuse DailySet007 amadmin DailySet1 reuse DailySet008 amadmin DailySet1 reuse DailySet009 amadmin DailySet1 reuse DailySet010 amadmin DailySet1 no-reuse DailySet001 amadmin DailySet1 no-reuse DailySet002 amadmin DailySet1 no-reuse DailySet003 amadmin DailySet1 no-reuse DailySet004 amadmin DailySet1 no-reuse DailySet005 You could even get creative with a status flag file, combine them into one, and cron it to run weekly. But I don't see the need for two configurations. If you really want two configurations, the way I did it was to copy the DailySet1/ directory to a different name in the same parent. Do this in as many places as it appears, update the config file with the new config name and directory, and wipe the tape list. (I suppose you could clean up the curinfo and logs, but I never bothered.)
