RE: Question about backing up (multiple tapes per session on one device)

2004-11-04 Thread Gavin Henry
Hi, Call amcheck with -m to mail the outputs from the checks. man amcheck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Marcinek Sent: 04 November 2004 00:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question about backing up (multiple tapes per session

Re: Question about backing up (multiple tapes per session on one device)

2004-11-04 Thread James Marcinek
Do you have a changer? If so, Amanda will automatically load the next tape when needed (once you've configured it properly, of course). If not, you can use chg-manual (a 'virtual' tape changer where you are the changer and manually swap out tapes as needed). I believe if you have enough

Question about backing up (multiple tapes per session on one device)

2004-11-03 Thread James Marcinek
On to the next hurdle hopefully one of the last. I have one tape device. I will be working with multiple systems so I know that some backups will require multiple tapes. Since the backups will be eventually done on cron, how does one know that a tape change is needed? Will amanda send out an

Re: Question about backing up (multiple tapes per session on one device)

2004-11-03 Thread Frank Smith
--On Thursday, November 04, 2004 00:18:30 + James Marcinek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On to the next hurdle hopefully one of the last. I have one tape device. I will be working with multiple systems so I know that some backups will require multiple tapes. Since the backups will be