> I have a tape drive, but it's in a magstar. I am trying to avoid a > manually managed tape library. I have my doubts as to whether > they will > give me an independant pool of tapes. Can amanda be a tape > manager as well?
Yes, like most other Unix tape backup utilities, it includes it's own TMS independent of other systems. You will need to write a small tool to signal the operators what tape to mount on the drive in your environment (use the tape changer exit to issue a 'hcp MSG OPERATOR Mount <volser> on xxx' type thing), but Amanda keeps track of what file is on what tape and is fairly straightforward about restores. If you use something like CA-1 or such, don't expect Amanda to update that TMC without some extra coding.
