My Exabyte EXB-8505 does the same thing: any eject causes an automatic
rewind first. It's a 'feature'.
At the start of the next cycle, when AMANDA asks for 'TAPE000 (or a new
tape)', she is expecting to wipe all of the data that is on that tape. If
your tapecycle, runspercycle, and dumpcycle are set up right, you will have
at least one other complete set of tapes that contain newer versions of the
data that is on that tape. (I use dumpcycle 2 weeks, runspercycle 10, and
tapecycle 30, so when I put in the next magazine of 10 tapes, I'm
over-writing backups that are more than four weeks old, and I have two other
complete copies of any data that might be on those tapes.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Cavey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 12:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: after recover..tape status?
Thanks a bunch,
Which leads me to the next question...
Q: Anyone know how to prevent a HP 1559B ( SureStor
24x6 ) from rewinding the tape with the "amtape
<config> eject" command?
I guess I am confused about what amanda expects since
I have only been using it for a week now.
Let's say.... TAPE000 is the first tape in my 4 week
cycle, weekdays only. Is the start of the next cycle
going to "expect" TAPE000 and overwrite the contents
regardsless of what's on it? or will it append to
TAPE000?
In tapelist: What other than "reuse" does amanda look
for?
Bob
--- "John R. Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >2) The tape in rewinded after a restore (yes I used
> >the no-rewind device), what happens the next round
> for
> >that tape? Does Amanda check and forward the tape
> to
> >the last "fsf" or do I need to forward the tape
> >manually after a recover?
>
> The tape is not repositioned after amrestore (what
> amrecover uses to
> read the tape) is done with it. However, the
> position depends on what
> tape driver you use. Some will leave the tape
> exactly where it is.
> Others will fsf to the next tape mark.
>
> Your safest bet is probably to rewind and fsf again
> so you know the
> position for certain.
>
> >Bob
Thanks.
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