The problem is possibly in the number of tapes that AMANDA expects to use before cycling back to the first one. If all you're ever going to use is those six tapes, then that needs to be set up correctly in your amanda.conf file. (see the comments next to the 'tapecycle' parameter.) I suspect that if you run amcheck, it is expecting a new tape, instead of one of the six already-used tapes.
> -----Original Message----- > From: chandrasekar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Reg:Overwriting of tapes > > > Hi everyone > I have a HP-DAT24*6 tape drive connected to my backup > server running > on linux. It works fine for a cycle of 6 tapes. I want to > reuse the tapes but > after one cycle I am not able to do so. The tape changer acts weirdly > skipping tapes and doing any backups. > This is my changer file. do I have to make any changes to it. > Any suggestions > regarding this. > #Changer file for chg-mtx > > #### > firstslot=1 #### 1st tape slot > lastslot=6 #### Last tape slot > cleanslot=6 #### Slot with cleaner tape > # > # # Do you want to clean the drive after a certain number > of accesses? > # # NOTE - This is unreliable, since 'accesses' aren't > 'uses', and we > # # have no reliable way to count this. A single > amcheck could > # # generate as many accesses as slots you have, plus 1. > # # ALSO NOTE - many modern tape loaders handle this automatically. > # > AUTOCLEAN=0 #### Set to '1' or greater to enable > # > autocleancount=99 #### Number of access before a clean. > # > havereader=0 #### If you have a barcode reader, set to 1. > # > offlinestatus=1 #### Set to 0 if 'mt status' gives an > # #### "offline" when drive is offline. > # #### Set to 1 or greater if 'mt status' > # #### doesn't give and offline, rather an > # #### "ONLINE" when drive is online. > # > OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=0 #### Does your tape driver require a > # #### 'mt offline' before mtx unload? > ### > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >
