[Amanda-users] best way to organise tape file listings ?
2009-02-19 16:19:32
Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:52 PM, rory_f <amanda-forum < at >
> backupcentral.com> wrote:
>
> > how hard would it be to migrate our naming convention over to match our
> > labels ? is there any way of doing it?
> >
>
> Well, the Amanda label is written on each tape, at the beginning -- so
> you'd need to do some tape-drive trickery to rewrite that
> (single-block) file without overwriting the following data. I'm not
> sure tape drives can do that.
>
> The remaining adjustments in Amanda's metadata would be tricky, but
> not impossible (basically a global search-and-replace over all of
> Amanda's metadata would do the trick).
>
> Dustin
>
> --
> Storage Software Engineer
> http://www.zmanda.com
Yeah
A lot more hassle than it is worth.
Which ever way i figure out is best i'll be sure to post here and let you guys
know.. ;)
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