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Re: How do I tell amanda a tape is not onsite?
2007-08-07 09:25:15
Gerrit A. Smit -TI- schrieb:
If you don't want to have the full dumps seen by amrecovery why don't you
create a separate set for it?
Having a separate set means having a separate configuration, right?
Not a full separate configuration. In ~/KDD/amanda.conf (KDD is one of my two
sets) I have all set specific information (diskfile, dumpcycle, indexdir,
tapetype, Changer Configuration,...) and also in the end a include statement,
where I include a ~/Global/global-amanda.conf with all other parameters, I use
in both sets (holding disk, tapetype definitions, dumptype definitions,...).
For my second set I just copied the KDD/amanda.conf to KMS/amanda.conf and
changed the parameters. So most settings remain inside the global
configuration file and e.g. new holdingdisks or other global parameters have
only to be configured at one place.
The disklist file you can define by a symlink or having the same parameter in
both set specific amanda.conf
> Or can I have more than one set of tapes in the same configuration?
What do you mean with "one set of tapes in the same configuration"?
I am looking for means to have 1 set of tapes for all purposes. Which also means
that the number of tapes needed for a full dump is part of the total number of
tapes in a set, and so it can get bigger or smaller as needed. Users don't have
to bother about a different configuration.
Here I use a separate set for off-site full dumps since 5 years. Works fine.
And all administrators who restore had no problem with that. Just looking at
their calender. If the day they wanna restore was the full-dump-day then they
have to choose the second set.
Also it's easy to see what kind of backup is on a tape if you have different
sets. Here I use different colors for the barcode lables too.
This might seem strange, but I still want to give it a try. They only remaining
point is the use of amrecover with this setup.
I think, you can't switch amrecover to not seeing/showing the tapes. Mabye by
manipulating the database files. But I'm sure, you don't want this! I think
the easiest way is to use a different set.
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