RE: Newbie Q: Tape Changers and X80
2003-05-16 12:52:14
--On Friday, May 16, 2003 11:11:12 -0500 "Bruntel, Mitchell L, SOLCM" <mbruntel AT
att DOT com> wrote:
Thanks in advance Jon.
... Jon replied....(snip)
Done --> get your library installed according to manufacturer's and Sun's
instructions
on the system you plan to use as the backup server (tapehost)
(if on installed on a newer Solaris system, some prefer to use the
sgen driver for the changer instead of the mt driver - see docs.sun.com
btw - amanda doesn't need the newest and fastest system you have)
UGH. --> get your drive(s) functioning with commands like mt, dd, tar, ufsdump
Now on list --> get a copy of mtx, and get it functioning to control your
changer
on my list-> get a copy of gnutar (not Sun's tar, not the Companion CD gnutar),
but version 1.13.19 or 1.13.25
done ---> visit amanda.org
done ---> read the online chapter of Backup and Recovery pointed to there.
done ---> get the software from the pointer on amanda.org
a) -----> build a complete version on your tapehost, install it there and get it
backing up the tapehost alone -- one or two file systems to start
b) -----> build and install client versions on your other systems
c) -----> add them 1 or 2 file systems from 1 or 2 clients at a time to the
total backup
d) -----> test that you can do restores and recoveries
e) -----> sit back and enjoy your new maintenance-free software system
a) Thought THIS was next step
b,c,d,e were what I thought next steps were.
You mean I really have to dump stuff to tape. Ugh. (oh well...)
You don't have to do a real full dump of your machine, just see if you
can manually tar and dump and restore of a small filesystem to your tape.
That process is much easier to troubleshoot if it fails than a 'dump
failed' message from Amanda. Once you can successfully use mt, tar, etc.
on the drive then it is much easier to get Amanda going.
Frank
Mitch
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