On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 08:51:32AM -0700, Joe Donner (sent by Nabble.com) wrote:
> 
> The amanda configuration I'm planning to put live this week includes these
> entries in amanda.conf:
> 
> dumpcycle 0 (to force a full backup on every run, because all our data fit
> comfortably onto a single tape every night, and amdump only runs for 4.5
> hours)

Gee, I thought it took about 53 hours for your taping.
Oh you reconnected the cables huh?  ;))

> runspercycle 5 days (to do an amdump each day Monday to Friday)

No, that is runs per dumpcycle.  Your dumpcycle is basically 1 day,
you are only doing one run per day.

> tapecycle 21 tapes (to have 4 weeks' worth of "historical backups" + one
> extra tape for good measure)
> 
> How do I now handle taking out one tape a month for long-term archiving?  
> 

You could use a lower tapecycle setting but really use 21 tapes.
Then amanada wouldn't care if one went away.  Otherwise, add a
newly labeled tape.

> If my tapes are labelled daily-1, daily-2, etc., then how do I take out one
> tape a month but make sure that this doesn't confuse amanda, and that I will
> be able to restore from that tape in the future?  

amadmin <config> noreuse tapelabel

> 
> Do I add a new tape each time in my numbering sequence?  
> 
> Can I reuse tape labels but somehow cause amanda to not overwrite the
> information needed to do restores from the archived tapes?

Not with amanda capabilities.
How about when you remove daily-9, you make a new tape as daily-9b
or daily-9.1.  Reset your label string appropriately.

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