Re: backing up the catalogue for Amrestore

On Monday 20 September 2021 11:59:31 David Simpson wrote:

> Is there a definitive guide on backing up the catalogue/indexes?
>
> (ideally appending to tape as an epilogue of sorts)
>
That is basicly what GenesAmandaHelper does.

If comfy with shell scripts there is an older version that will need to 
be tweaked a bit for 3.5.1 on my web page in the sig. Its a bit out of 
date, written originally for a much older amanda that I started out with 
in 1999, but shouldn't be too hard to adapt. Zero consideration for the 
fixed capacity of real tapes, but I've been using vtapes on a big hd for 
well over a decade with relatively few problems that didn't resolve to 
hdwe in the final fix. They don't have a fixed tape length, only the 
disks capacity. 

This is NOT suitable for businesses requiring off site storage, but as a 
backup for a 6 machine home network, 4 of which are driving metal 
carving machines. Be my guest and I'll help if I can.

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