Re: amcheck - why run it?
2003-09-23 18:18:48
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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