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RE Monthly archival tapes
2006-08-09 04:07:35
The usual way to go is to create a second
amanda configuration for monthly archival only.
From the doc:
"To do periodic archival full dumps, create a new
Amanda configuration with its own set of tapes but the same disklist
as the normal configuration (e.g. symlink them together). Copy amanda.conf,
setting all dumpcycle values to 0
and record to no,
e.g. in the global dumptype. If a changer is used, set runtapes
very high so tape capacity is not a planning restriction. Disable the normal
Amanda run, or set the hold file as described in "Operating
Amanda", so Amanda does not try to process the same
client from two configurations at the same time."
"Joe Donner (sent
by Nabble.com)" <lists AT nabble DOT com>
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08/08/2006 17:51
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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)
runspercycle 5 days (to do an amdump each day Monday to Friday)
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?
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?
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?
Your insights will be much appreciated.
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