You probably don't want to overwrite BUP2. IIRC, "active tape" means that the most recent combination of a specific disk and level exists on that tape. The amoverview command can show what levels were backed up on which days, for starters.
You might also want to look at your tapecycle, dumpcycle, and runspercycle parameters. I usually try to keep dumpcycle at half (or less) of tapecycle, so that I always have a complete set of tapes to restore from, and the set I'm currently overwriting. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 3:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: replacing full tapes? > > > I have been busily backing up my home network which is about > 5 linux/bsd > systems onto an ecrix vxa tape drive. I finally got these errors this > evening on a bup tape: > > *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [cannot overwrite active tape BUP2]. > Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk. > Run amflush to flush them to tape. > The next tape Amanda expects to use is: BUP3. > > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: > www hda2 lev 0 FAILED [disk hda2 offline on www?] > www hda1 lev 0 FAILED [disk hda1 offline on www?] > mperry hda2 lev 2 FAILED [no more holding disk space] > > I understand the issue with "www". I did not install dump on this > system before running the backup. How do I correct the tape > error above? > As far as holding disk space goes, I have a whole bunch left > and amcheck > reports that I have over 35g of space left which is plenty. > > I now have cycled to bup3 which is next in line for backup. > I corrected > the issue with 'www" and the lack of dump on that system. I > don't quite > understand how to deal with the tape error about overwriting > active tape > bup2 above. > > Thanks. > > > -- > Michael Perry | "Do or do not; there is no try" Master Yoda > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org >
