On Sunday 31 May 2009, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: >From: Jon LaBadie Sent: May 27, 2009 22:34 > >> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 07:56:53PM -0700, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: >> > I suspect that part of my problem (probably a large part) is >> > conceptual. We have plenty of tape and processing time and I was >> > looking for a full backup on each amdump execution. I am not >> > really interested in doing full and incremental backups but I am >> > aware that this contrary to the "amanda" way of doing things. That >> > being said, I do not really see the >> >> Not true, doing full backups every run is not uncommon. > >That is good to hear. No if I could only figure out how to tell amanda >that. > >> Have you determined that your tape changer script is functioning >> properly? Look at amtape command and exercise that changer. >> Make sure you can select specific slots/tapes; can advance one >> slot; can advance one slot from the last position; can list the >> tapes; can load a specific tape; etc. > >mtx and amtape seem to be working fine. > >> You got stuck on tape five because your tapecycle is 2. It must >> use another tape before reusing tape five and for some reason >> it isn't getting to another tape. That is why I question the >> changer setup. > >What should tapecycle be set to? > The number of tapes available for amanda to use.
>TIA > >Regards, Hugh -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it. -- Arthur Kasspe
