On Wednesday 21 December 2005 14:58, Keith Nicewarner wrote: >I'm new to backups (much less Linux or AMANDA), so forgive me if I'm >missing some basic concepts. > > > >I've managed to get AMANDA installed on our RH ES Linux server, but > I've yet to be able to do a full backup. I've done a simple test > that appears to work, but several issues have prevented me from > doing the real backup. I think I've resolved the last issue, but > here's the annoying thing: It keeps wanting me to put in a new tape > - even though the previous tape wasn't full or even used. Is this > normal? Am I going to have to swap tapes every day even if they > aren't full? > Yes, amanda will not re-use a tape until tapecycle other tapes have been used.
> >Since I haven't really gotten a good backup, how can I start fresh? > It won't let me reuse the test tapes. How can I wipe the tapes > clean and make AMANDA think it's the first day of operation? Not recommended, but one could edit the $config/tapelist file to reorder things fresh, but there be dragons there for newbies. > >Keith. [...] -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
