amadmin YOURCONFIG no-reuse MISSINGTAPE Then use the next tape in sequence.
Just remember to mark it 'reuse' before it is next scheduled. > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Carville [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 2:37 PM > To: Amanda Users > Subject: Missing Tape has Backups Screwed > > > One of my tapes did not come back from offsite in time for today's > backup (Some winidiot sent if off for four weeks instead of one) so > today's backup failed. How can I get amanda to just skip that tape > and go on to the next one in the sequence? When I try amcheck, amanda > thinks all of the tapes in the changer are active tapes and will not > write to them. Even if I load the next tape in the sequence mnaually, > amcheck rejects it. How can I tell which tapes it will write too? > > dumpcycle 7 days > runspercycle 5 > tapecycle 15 tapes > runtapes 2 > > So far, backups have only needed one tape per run so it seems to me > that tapes from two weeks ago should no longer be active but amanda > thinks they are. > > -- Stephen Carville > UNIX and Network Administrator > DPSI (formerly Ace USA Flood Services) > 310-342-3602 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
