* Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:10:17:45:42-0400] scribed: > On Saturday 10 July 2004 11:46, Michael D Schleif wrote: <snip /> > >With this current setup, nine (9) usable tapes, I wonder how best to > >configure Amanda? Yes, we can manually swap out magazines as > > necessary; but, we prefer that this site run as automagically as > > possible. To wit, one magazine and nine tapes -- period. > > > >How do you setup similar environments? What happens if a tape is, > > of a sudden, bad when you need to restore? > > > >What do you think? > > If it was me, I'd probably get another magazine, put 7 tapes and a > cleaner in each, and have cron send you a reminder email to change > the magazine before you do anything else monday mornings. That would > take a dumpcycle=7, runspercycle=7, tapecycle=14. > > Or goto dumpcycle=4,runspercycle=4,and tapecycle=9 and run it every > night and wear those tapes out in a hurry. But I'm not you, and atm > don't even have amanda running, I've gotta see if I can make it use > dvd-+-rw's one of these days. My last DDS2 changer's head died a > week or so back.
Yes, I know that this is the ideal solution. However, this is an office with naive computer users, and a bunch of servers. Experience has taught me not to rely too heavily on non-technical people to change tapes ;> It is more important that we get a good backup _every_ night, than to have somebody forget to change the magazine, and go without backups for several days ;< Somebody must have already dealt with this scenario, and have a time worn solution. What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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