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by michael.burgess

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I am looking for software or a script to help organize my backup tapes.

Something where I can add the tape number and set the dates that tape has been used. If anyone else has to run the backups then they should be able to open this script or program and read which tape is next.

any ideas?

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by carlos.nino

You could make an Access database or an Excel program to do this for you and save some money. I've seen similar things done with Excel or Access, and it did not seem to be too complicated.

by willys

One other easy way to solve this, is to mark the tapes with the name of the weekday from monday to thursday and then for fridays 5 different tapes. Friday 1 = first friday of the month Friday 2 = second friday, and so on. By using this method you will always have a backup for every day of the last week and friday backups for a month back. That ought to be enough and it also have the benefit that you do not need access to a separate database or something similar. You just need 9 tapes and to know what day it is.

Hope helps.

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