On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 12:35:31AM +0200, Ulrik Sandberg wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > > Have you recently edited the tapelist file or changed the number of
> > > tapes in use? Rotated a tape into or out of circulation?
> >
> > Yes. I have been replacing my AIT-1 tapes with AIT-2. I have been
> > relabling them with the same label as the one I am removing. I did not
> > see how this could have caused an error.
>
> I will here give a somewhat verbose explanation about fixing up tapelist.
> Perhaps it will shed some light on your problem.
>
...
> How do you fix this up? Simple. Reorder and set time stamp. First,
> reorder:
>
> 20020602 DailySet1-003 reuse
> 20020601 DailySet1-002 reuse
> 20020531 DailySet1-001 reuse
> 0 DailySet1-006 reuse <-- new tape now in correct position
> 20020530 DailySet1-005 reuse
> 20020529 DailySet1-004 reuse <-- this tape is due
>
> Then, fix time stamp so that the new tape has the same time stamp as the
> previous entry ('previous' meaning 'below'):
>
> 20020602 DailySet1-003 reuse
> 20020601 DailySet1-002 reuse
> 20020531 DailySet1-001 reuse
> 20020530 DailySet1-006 reuse <-- time stamp now same as for 005
> 20020530 DailySet1-005 reuse
> 20020529 DailySet1-004 reuse <-- this tape is due
What is the purpose of "dating" the tape.
I presume 0 indicates not yet used.
Doesn't amanda accept a "new" tape at anytime?
jon
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