Hi all and Scott
I am trying a Monthly archive but in order to follow a setup similar to
Scott I need a tape changer.
I have found a SCSI tape drive spec below it was once used for backups
prior to moving over to Amanda.
External Seagate DAT subsystem for NT, Windows, NetWare, DDS-3
recording format, consists of STD124000N DAT drive (data
transfer rate 2.2 MB/s, 24 GB capacity with DDS-DC data
compression), tabletop enclosure, tape, 1 m cable with 50pin
high density plug,
Thus could this possible be used a a tape changer I have checked the
Amanda homepage but doesn't mention any devices.
Cheers
Chuck
On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 07:39 -0400, Scott R. Burns wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
> Sorry I don't have any experience without a changer. You would be best
> to
> ask the list about this one. There may be a way to have it pause and prompt
> for the next tape ?
>
> I do know that you can pick up the changer I have on Ebay usually for about
> $ 100 USD - $ 200 USD with a 30day warrenty. Unfortunately I bought mine
> brand new in it's day for about $ 3000 USD :-(
>
> Scott...
>
> Scott R. Burns
> NETCON Technologies Incorporated
> Suite 135 - 4474 Blakie Road
> London, Ontario, Canada
> N6L 1G7
> Voice: +1.519.652.0401
> Fax: +1.519.652.9275
> Web: www.netcontech.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator [mailto:chuck AT smtl.co DOT uk]
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 6:23 AM
> To: Scott R. Burns
> Subject: RE: My Monthly archive config - issue
>
>
> Hi
>
> I have received an error after running amcheck Monthly
>
> WARNING: if a tape changer is not available, runtapes must be set to 1
>
> Thus I have not got a tape changer
>
> I just want to amflush data that cannot fit on tape 1 to 2,3 or in the
> future tape 4 to backup potential around 80GB.
>
> Cheers
>
> Chuck
>
>
> On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 12:23 -0400, Scott R. Burns wrote:
> > I have a similar setup. I have HW compression turned off on the drive (HP
> > DAT24X6 changer).
> >
> > In my monthly config:
> >
> >
> > dumpcycle 0 weeks
> > runspercycle 1
> > tapecycle 1000 tapes
> > runtapes 3
> >
> > Also, record is turned off so my normal daily amanda config does not think
> > the level 0 has been completed after the monthly.
> >
> > We never re-use our monthly tapes we send them offsite and leave them so
> > thats why I have it set to 1000. We use between 2-3 tapes on a monthly run
> > so runtapes is at 3.
> >
> > Scott...
> >
> > Scott R. Burns
> > NETCON Technologies Incorporated
> > Suite 135 - 4474 Blakie Road
> > London, Ontario, Canada
> > N6L 1G7
> > Voice: +1.519.652.0401
> > Fax: +1.519.652.9275
> > Web: www.netcontech.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> > [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org]On Behalf Of Chuck Amadi
> > Systems
> > Administrator
> > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:01 PM
> > To: Amanda List
> > Subject: My Monthly archive config - issue
> >
> >
> > Hi again
> >
> > Its that time for a monthly archive backup I have currently 80GB server
> > and using a DAT DDS-4 20GB native 40GB compression I am aware that I
> > cannot have both hardware compression and software compression on So
> > Amanda usually behaviour is to have hardware compression turned off
> > using the mt command.
> >
> > Thus my amanda.conf is as follows
> >
> > I want a full dump for archiving and this tape will pulled out.
> > dumpcycle 4 weeks # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
> > runspercycle 2 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days
> > # (4 weeks * 5 amdump runs per week -- just
> > weekdays)
> > tapecycle 12 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation to pull each
> > monthly tape for archiving.
> >
> > runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a normal run.
> >
> > Should I increase runtapes to 2 to ensure that I backup at a minimum
> > 40GB.
> > Also should I amend dumpcycle to dumpcycle 0 weeks for a full dump and
> > not incremental.
> >
> > Please advice of the best setup to backup for a monthly archive.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator
> > Chuck Amadi
> > The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL),
> > Princess of Wales Hospital
> > Coity Road
> > Bridgend,
> > United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ.
> > Email chuck.smtl.co.uk
> > Tel: +44 1656 752820
> > Fax: +44 1656 752830
> >
> >
> >
> >
> --
> Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator
> Chuck Amadi
> The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL),
> Princess of Wales Hospital
> Coity Road
> Bridgend,
> United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ.
> Email chuck.smtl.co.uk
> Tel: +44 1656 752820
> Fax: +44 1656 752830
>
>
>
>
--
Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator
Chuck Amadi
The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL),
Princess of Wales Hospital
Coity Road
Bridgend,
United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ.
Email chuck.smtl.co.uk
Tel: +44 1656 752820
Fax: +44 1656 752830
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