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--- backup:tape [2011/05/03 05:34] – [Log of backups] aorth
+++ backup:tape [2011/11/09 12:55] – created aorth
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-====== Tape backup ======
+====== Storix ======
+<note>As of mid 2011 we don't use Storix anymore.  The new HPC uses Amanda instead, as it is free, open-source software.</note>
 Tape backups are run manually __once per week__, __on Friday afternoon__.  We have four cassettes, each of which can hold seven tapes.  Our current tape backup needs are around ten tapes, so each pair has eleven tapes total just in case the size of the backups increases.  Each week we rotate the set of cassettes so that we always have a week of archived data.
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 | April 21, 2011  |  A  | Completed successfully |
 | April 29, 2011  |  B  | Completed successfully |
+| May 6, 2011  |  A  | failed... not sure why |
+| May 13, 2011  |  A  | haven't started because I can't eject the tapes yet |
 ====== Storix Backup Administrator ======
 We are using an Exabyte Tape library for backups and the commercial Storix Backup Administrator software [[http://www.storix.com/]].
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   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: ffffffff</code>
+==== Force tape location ====
+<code>TAPE=/dev/sg0 mtx status</code>
 ==== /dev/st0 not ready ====
 Try to reset the library and drives from the front panel.