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Re: amcheck - why run it?

2003-09-23 18:18:48
Subject: Re: amcheck - why run it?
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: Greg Troxel <gdt AT ir.bbn DOT com>, amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:16:38 -0400
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 05:23:30PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> ... .  But, we run amverify once a week (on the
> weekend, using hte tape from Friday night's dump) to verify that we
> aren't having a similar problem.
> 
> So, you really should do a test restore once a week.  But if you, like
> most humans, don't, then a weekly amverify is a good idea.

I like that idea.  Think I'll implement it.
Not having used amverify, how do you handle a backup that
used multiple tapes?  Do you need an intelligent script
to determine which tapes were used that day?  And then
run amverify on each?

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