So, I will have 16 tapes. How can I optimize their usage?

I would like not to backup in weekend because there is no activity.

My Dell PowerVault has an auto-changer with 8 slots for 8 tapes.
I would like to have 8 tapes offsite and to change them once a week.

Thanks a lot,

ddaas

Gene Heskett wrote:

I have 8 tapes. This is enaugh for a weeek. I've already ordered
another 8 tapes for one more week.

Good.  This will allow a much saner dumpcycle and tapecycle setting.

Suggestion. Don't put them all in the tapecycle, save back the last 1 or 2 so that if a tape should upchuck for some reason, you have an instant spare that only needs to be labeled with the next number in the sequence (don't re-use an old label, at least till that label is expired at the end of tapecycle by amanda) and placed in service.

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