Could your tapecycle be smaller now than when you labelled the tapes? I am not sure exactly the effect this would have but if it were reduced it may ignore the other tapes ????
Scott... Scott R. Burns NETCON Technologies Incorporated Suite 135 - 4474 Blakie Road London, Ontario, Canada N6L 1G7 Voice: +1.519.652.0401 Fax: +1.519.652.9275 Web: www.netcontech.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 5:07 AM To: Amanda List Cc: Chuck Subject: Tapelist issue only using 3 tape out of a tapecycle of 10. Hi I have noticed that the backup schedule as changed somehow and is only using DailySet108 to DailySet110 (3 tapes) is there away to check and force it to use the next tape after DailySet110 which should be DailySet101. I did relabel a faulty tape recently. finaceserver:/etc/amanda/DailySet1 # less tapelist 20051005 DailySet109 reuse 20050930 DailySet108 reuse 20050929 DailySet107 reuse 20050922 DailySet106 reuse 20050916 DailySet105 reuse 20050915 DailySet104 reuse 20050909 DailySet103 reuse 20050908 DailySet102 reuse 20050907 DailySet101 reuse 20050906 DailySet110 reuse I did Replace a tape DailySet107 which Amanda reports a tape to be faulty, the label could not be read on the tape, or the data could not be saved on the tape. It is time to replace the tape. In order to keep the set of tapes consistant, the new tape should have the same label as the old tape. So I used the label DailySet107. 1. Connect on Amanda server, first as root, then change to the user amanda, with the command su. 2. Edit the file /etc/amanda/DailySet1/tapelist and remove the line containing the label,(DailySet107) Usually the line is the last one of the file. 3. Edit the file /usr/local/etc/amanda/tapelist.yesterday in the same way. Usually the line is the one before the last. 4. prepare a new tape and write the label on it with the command: amlabel normal DailySet107. 5. Edit the file /etc/amanda/DailySet1/tapelist again, note that the line with the label is back, but it is now at the top of the file, and the number at the begining is 0. Just move that line to the bottom of the file. This worked So I assumed. Cheers -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator Chuck Amadi The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Email chuck.smtl.co.uk Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830
