Config help for newbie

I could use a hand. I've been reading thru "The Chapter" as well as someother online sources. Here's what I got:Right now in a new network I have about 3 linux servers using basicsamba. One has used about 6 GB (36 total), the other two have used about1 GB each. The network has about 15 users and doesn't generate a lot ofchanges over a week.. a few documents and some cad drawings edited orcreated. I have a single tape Quantum DLT 7000 for 40/80 gig tapes. Ihave a server dedicated to be the backup server (an old 200 Mhz.) with a36 GB hard drive and a smaller 4 GB drive, both scsi, that the tapemachine is hooked up to. Not all the users are saving to the serversyet. Everyone is on Windows PCs. One of the servers is email and as Imove users on to it, I suspect the usage will grow there..

Right now I have a total of 16 tapes. I have a couple backups on about 3of them from afio. I don't usually work weekends.


I can get more tapes if it is warranted.

I've got amanda built on a couple servers with little problem, usingparameters of with-user=amanda, with-group=disk, andprefix=/usr/local/amanda.

I put one of my full backup tapes in the tape machine and typed afio -t/dev/nst0 and it output a list of files, so I'm pretty sure I have thetape working. When I do a mt -f /dev/nst0 status I get:

drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
drive status = 1073741824
sense key error = 0
residue count = 0
file number = 0\block number = 0
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x40 (unknown).
Soft error count since last status=0
Gerneral status bits on (41010000):
BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN [and then the prompt]

That's about as far as I am. I'm having a hard time grasping the cyclesconcepts but maybe it will click clear soon enough. Hoping someone couldrecommend how I might set up amanda.conf based on this.

I am studying this stuff but am super busy at work and don't have a lotof time and I would like to get amanda running soon.


Cheers, (and thanks in advance)

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Jim D.