Hi all,
I was just thinking about my virtual tapes and the chances of a failed sector or
two going un-noticed until I needed to restore my data.
My solution, not that I have written it yet or have the time at the moment is an
addition to the daily backup schedule that runs an MD5 hash of each virtual tape:
Step 1. After backup run MD5 against latest backup, and store data in DB (Text
file?)
Step 2. run MD5 hash on all other virtual tapes and check against recorded
hashes in DB. If anything has changed send mail.
If a virtual tape is encountered that is not in the DB add it to the DB.
With luck I will get a script working at some point but if anyone has the time I
would be very happy to accept free labour ;)
Thanks,
Chris.
