Has anyone set up a tape catalog similar to (but simpler than) what an academic library has for books?
I know that a bunch of the information is already available in the various log files and tapelists that amanda maintains. But I'm not seeing it all come together. Also, I will end up having multiple configurations of amanda, some for regular backups, some for archives, etc. Those will each have their own tapes. My tape library has a barcode reader, and the amanda files reference the barcodes. What I would like is some sort of database (it could be flat file as long as there is a program to maintain and read it), that houses all the information for all of my tapes. I would like it to include the capability of indicating the storage location of the tapes, and allowing tapes to be "checked out" by those who own the data. For example, if a Professor has a research project that has generated a gob of data, and arranged with me to have it archived at various benchmark dates in his research, then he should have the right to check out his tapes and store them in his own bank vault or whatever. But I need to be able to track them. If someone asks about a particular block of data or disk partition, I should be able to determine what tapes have the most recent backups of that and where they are or who has them checked out. It would be ideal if I could get amanda to hand me updates. Alternatively code could be crafted that mines amandas files, and that could be run after the amanda runs have completed. So, . . . Does anyone have anything like this worked out? Or do you just do it in a paper notebook? Recommendations? --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------- Erdös 4
