The blank idea came from the software I have used for NT back ups. The
only way it would re-use a tape was to change it's label. I realize that
one tape is a bad idea, but this is for my home computers and I can't
afford more tapes yet. I will be getting three more in a couple weeks
though. Wouldn't it be better to run standard back-ups until I get more
tapes so that the tape doesn't fill up as fast, and I have a longer
period of backups on the tape. I realize how big of pain it will be if I
have a month's worth of incremental backup's on it if I have to restore.
Thanks
Casey
On 13 Mar 2001 13:35:58 -0500, John R. Jackson wrote:
> > How do I blank a tape? amlabel -f ? ...
>
> It depends on what you mean by "blank". Once you amlabel a tape, you may
> continue to use it with Amanda (as long as you don't change labelstr).
> You do not need to re-amlabel it every time it comes back around in
> the cycle. Why did you want to "blank" the tape?
>
> You mentioned you only had one tape. First of all, I hope you get at
> least one more :-). Depending on a single tape is a recipe for disaster.
> Second, you should be able to set tapecycle to 1 in amanda.conf, and that,
> in turn, should just keep reusing the same tape.
>
> Also, since dumpcycle must be less than or equal to tapecycle, I'd suggest
> setting dumpcycle to zero until you get more tapes. That will effectively
> do a full dump every time, which makes sense with only one tape.
>
> > Casey
> >
> > PS Thank you John Jackson for your presentation to PLUG.
>
> You're welcome! Sorry it ran so long.
>
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
