Here is the relevant part of my config with multiple separated tapes (all LTO5
in my case) in the same MSL2024.
This relies on you having labeled the tapes reasonably as it looks like
labelstr can not match the LTO type.
I do not use autolabeling, only manual labeling with a script i run when i put
in a new batch of tapes.
labeling script for the box of A***** tapes i have, you can probably modify
this to put it in the correct storage pool based on LTO type:
tapes=`mtx -f /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-DEC8320699 status | grep "Storage Element" | grep "Full" | cut -d "
" -f 10 | cut -d "=" -f2 | grep -E "^A[0-9]{5}"`
for tape in $tapes; do
echo -n "Found archive tape $tape"
new=`grep -c ${tape::-2} /etc/amanda/archive/tapelist`
if [ "$new" -eq 0 ]; then
echo -n ". New tape adding.. "
sudo -u amanda amlabel --barcode "$tape" -f archive "${tape::-2}"
fi
done
shared amanda conf:
define tapetype LTO5 {
comment "LTO-5"
length 1400 gbytes # for scheduling only
speed 140000 kps # unused
blocksize 1024 kbytes # optimizing-the-tape-speed.pdf suggest 1MB, manual
suggests 256KB. default 32KB
}
weekly conf for 10 rotating tapes:
define policy retention {
retention-tapes 5 tapes
retention-days 0
retention-recover 1 week
# retention-recover 0
retention-full 0
}
define storage backup-storage {
policy "retention"
tapepool "rotating"
tpchanger "MSL2024"
runtapes 2 # max number of tapes used in a single run of amdump
tapetype "LTO5"
labelstr "^ROT[0-9]{2,3}$" # label constraint regex: all tapes must match
taperscan "lexical"
}
storage "backup-storage"
yearly conf with single use box of tapes:
define policy retention {
retention-tapes 10 tapes
retention-days 0
retention-recover 0 week
retention-full 300
}
define storage archive-storage {
# policy "retention"
tapepool "ironmountain"
tpchanger "MSL2024"
runtapes 10 # max number of tapes used in a single run of amdump
tapetype "LTO5"
labelstr "^A[0-9]{5}$" # label constraint regex: all tapes must match
taperscan "lexical"
}
storage "archive-storage"
Anton "exuvo" Olsson
ex...@exuvo.se
On 2023-05-17 16:06, ASV wrote:
That's correct, all drives are LTO8, but not all tapes. And no, there
is no definition of any kind for slot positioning of the LTO7 right
now.
Thanks for your reply.
On Tue, 2023-05-16 at 16:48 +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
Am 16.05.23 um 16:34 schrieb ASV:
Thanks exuvo, I'll try to dig a bit in that direction even though I
was
expecting some built-in functionality for that.
Are the LTO7-tapes always in defined slots?
As far as I understand all *drives* are LTO8, but not all *tapes* ?
