AMANDA does not automatically eject tapes after a backup. If you want to do
this, there is an easy way:
When you put your amcheck and amdump commands in cron, do something like
this:
30 16 * * 1-5 /usr/sbin/amcheck -m DailySet1
0 4 * * 2-6 /usr/sbin/amdump DailySet1 && mt -f /dev/nst0 rewoffl
Here's what it means:
First line:
"30 16": at 4:30 in the afternoon,
" * * ": of any day of month or month of year,
" 1-5 ": Monday through friday,
"/usr/sbin/amcheck": Check to see if we're ready for backups
"-m": and mail me any problems,
"DailySet1": for configuration DailySet1
Second line:
"0 4": at 4:00 in the morning,
" * * ": of any day of the month or month of year,
" 2-6 ": Tuesday through Saturday,
"/usr/sbin/amdump": Run the backup,
"DailySet1": for configuration DailySet1,
" && ": and if that completes successfully,
" mt ": send a tape command
" -f /dev/nst0": to the first non-rewinding SCSI tape device
" rewoffl ": to rewind and eject.
(cron tells stories, they're just in shorthand.)
And that's how you get an eject afterwards.
Don't worry about using only 10% for now. you can tune that (indirectly)
later by adjusting dumpcycle.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KEVIN ZEMBOWER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 5:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Newbie: Tape doesn't eject?
>
>
> Just completed my first amanda backup successfully, mostly. However, I
> got an error on three of my five hosts about "missing
> results". Looking
> this up in the searchable archives led me to the
> /tmp/amanda/sendsize.*.debug file, and this showed that I had a
> directory named /etc/amandates, instead of a file. I removed the
> directory, touched the file, then chmod and chown it to amanda:disk
> 0600. Should be fine, I think.
>
> However, when my backup finished, the report noted that the tape was
> only 10% full, and it didn't eject. Is this normal amanda behavior, to
> not eject a tape until it's full? I want to run amdump over
> again right
> away. Should I manually eject the tape (with mt) and insert a new one,
> or just start amdump again with the same tape in the drive?
>
> Thanks, again, for all your help.
>
> -Kevin Zembower
>
> -----
> E. Kevin Zembower
> Unix Administrator
> Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs
> 111 Market Place, Suite 310
> Baltimore, MD 21202
> 410-659-6139
>
