On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 04:04:28PM -0600, Frank Smith wrote: > --On Monday, November 08, 2004 14:36:32 -0600 Casey Milford <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've finally found reason to join the list. Up until now I've either > > not had enough knowledge of Amanda to contribute or not had a big > > enough issue to warrant a post. > > > > Now I have both. :) > > > > I need to split several servers off from my main backup group to be > > backed up to separate tapes. I have an 8 slot, 1 drive tape drive. > > Here's how I decided to split the tapes up: > > > > slot 0-4 All other servers > > slot 5 Customer 1's servers > > slot 6 Customer 2's servers > > slot 7 Customer 3's servers > > > > I've created separate configuration folders for each group of servers. > > I sacrificed the cleaning slot I was using to allow M-F backups for > > the main group. Cleanings are run by hand each Sunday. The 3 > > customer slots will be switched out each night. The 0-4 slots will be > > switched out each Sunday during the cleaning. I think the planning so > > far is sound. It allows separate backups for the customers while > > still allowing backups for the main group. My problem arises when I > > try to run the backup sets one after the other. amtape will not allow > > me to switch to the other sets. It stays within the current set when > > asked to switch. Is there a way to make amtape, amcheck, amdump, etc. > > switch sets without using something like mtx to switch the tapes > > between commands? > > So what you are proposing is one config with a 5-slot changer, and three > configs with a 1-slot changer each, all sharing a single drive? > I'm not sure how a 1-slot changer would work in practice (where the > previous and next tape in that config is the same as the tape loaded, and > firstslot == lastslot). > Also, Amanda leaves the last tape used in the drive, so on each config's > run the tape in the drive would be from the previous config, and Amanda > might not know where to put it (the chager might be smart enough to find > the empty slot, but if you were to have two empty slots for some reason, > it might not end up in the right one.
What about a 3 slot changer, with shared files (links) between the 3 configs. If the labelstr was unique for each of the 3 configs, only the correct slot would be used. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
