Sample Amanda configuration using a Tape Library with Barcodes

Use the comand amserverconfig DailySet1 --template hardisk to create the overall config structure that you can later modify with the information below:

/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf:

org "Zmanda"              # your organization name for reports,

mailto "root@localhost"     # space separated list of operators at your site

dumpcycle 7             # the number of days in the normal dump cycle

runspercycle 5          # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days

tapecycle 25    # the number of tapes in rotation

runtapes 1              # number of tapes to be used in a single run of amdump

tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"  # the tape-changer glue script

tapedev "/dev/nst0"     # the no-rewind tape device

changerfile "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/changer.conf"     # tape changer configuration parameter file

changerdev "/dev/sg2"   # tape changer configuration parameter device

tapetype DLT    # what kind of tape it is

labelstr "^DailySet1-[0-9][0-9]*$"     # label constraint regex: all tapes must match

dtimeout 1800   # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted

ctimeout 30     # max number of secconds amcheck waits for each client

etimeout 300    # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates

includefile "advanced.conf" #this is a way to break up amanda.conf in to separate file to make it easier to read and manage

includefile "/etc/amanda/template.d/dumptypes" #this is a way to break up amanda.conf in to separate file to make it easier to read and manage

includefile "/etc/amanda/template.d/tapetypes" #this is a way to break up amanda.conf in to separate file to make it easier to read and manage

These are the lines that need to be modified in /etc/amanda/DailySet1/advanced.conf:
amrecover_changer "/dev/sg2" # amrecover will use the changer if you restore

These are the lines that need to be modified in /etc/amanda/template.d/tapetypes:

define tapetype DLT {

comment "DLT tape drives"

length 20000 mbytes         # 20 Gig tapes

filemark 2000 kbytes        # I don't know what this means

speed 1536 kbytes           # 1.5 Mb/s

}

Create a /etc/amanda/DailySet1/changer.conf file:
havereader=1 #add this line to file to enable barcode use for amanda

Execute amtape DailySet1 update and all the tape labels vs barcodes will appear in the /etc/amanda/DailySet1/changer-barcodes file