$amflush config or alter the config/tapelist file so that the required OurName-C-Mon is at the bottom (although this is less desirable)
thanks > Hello, > > We have a four-week, five days per week cycle: > > dumpcycle 7 days > runspercycle 5 > tapecycle 20 tapes > > These twenty tapes are named OurName-A-Mon, OurName-A-Tue, ..., > OurName-A-Fri, OurName-B-Mon, ..., OurName-D-Fri (in other words, the > letters A, B, C, D refer to weeks in the four-week cycle): > > Week 1: A-Mon on Monday, A-Tue on Tuesday, A-Wed on Wednesday etc. > Week 2: B-Mon on Monday, B-Tue on Tuesday etc. > Week 3: C-Mon ... C-Fri > Week 4: D-Mon ... D-Fri > > Last Friday, we were due to use OurName-B-Fri, but because of a disk > space problem in /var/log, the job failed. AMANDA is still expecting to > use OurName-B-Fri, rather than OurName-C-Mon which would be part of the > usual schedule. After putting OurName-C-Mon in the drive, amcheck > produces this: > > ERROR: cannot overwrite active tape OurName-C-Mon > (expecting tape OurName-B-Fri or a new tape) > > Tried a suggestion I found in the AMANDA FAQ, which was to set > OurName-B-Fri as "no-reuse" so that it wouldn't ask for it, but this > still wouldn't make it want to use OurName-C-Mon: > > ERROR: cannot overwrite active tape CRUK-Weekly-C-Mon > (expecting a new tape) > > What can I try here? Basically, the contents of both OurName-B-Fri and > OurName-C-Mon are 'disposable', since they are both due to be > overwritten in any case. > > Comments suggesting that "using the day-of-the-week in the label is a > bad idea" won't be considered helpful, although I have a feeling that > may be something I'll hear ... :-) > > Dave. > -- > Dave Ewart > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford > Cancer Research UK > PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370 > >
