Were there any other tapes “available” for it to use? The one you just re-labeled will have dropped to the last of the list. If it’s the only one, it’ll still be the one used. If there are other free tapes that you labelled before this one, they’ll be used first.
You *CAN* edit the tapelist file and move around the lines, especially just these new labels, where the date is still blank. The bottom most one (with date 0) will get used. Deb > On Apr 10, 2017, at 3:36 PM, Ochressandro Rettinger > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did that, and it worked, but then when I ran amflush again, it didn't > list the tape name. > > [amandabackup@archivist ~]$ amflush NMHPVPR > Flushing dumps from 20170408010017 using storage "NMHPVPR", tape changer > "tape_drive". > > Are you sure you want to do this [yN]? Y > Running in background, you can log off now. > You'll get mail when amflush is finished. > > -Sandro > > -----Original Message----- > From: Debra S Baddorf [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 2:33 PM > To: Ochressandro Rettinger <[email protected]> > Cc: Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]>; Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: amflush > > Try “amlabel -f ….. “ for “force”. > Be sure it’s the right tape, but I use it all the time. > Deb > > >> On Apr 10, 2017, at 3:17 PM, Ochressandro Rettinger >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yes. It was less effective than I might have hoped. :-/ >> >> [amandabackup@archivist ~]$ amlabel NMHPVPR NMHPVPR0001 Reading >> label... >> Found label 'NMHPVPR0001' but it is not in the tapelist file. >> Not writing label. >> Not writing label. >> >> Do I need to erase the label somehow first? >> >> -Sandro >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Debra S Baddorf [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 2:13 PM >> To: Ochressandro Rettinger <[email protected]> >> Cc: Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]>; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: amflush >> >> Did you do another “amlabel” after doing “amrmtape”? >> Deb Baddorf >> >> >>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Ochressandro Rettinger >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I’m having problems with amflush and the tapelist. >>> >>> My backups didn’t work last night, so I swapped the tape and >>> ran amflush. Amflush hung, so I tried to stop it and run it again, without >>> changing the tape. In order to do that, I ran amrmtape on the tape, and >>> removed it from the tapelist file. This was apparently a mistake, because >>> now I can’t get amanda to do anything with that tape. >>> >>> [amandabackup@archivist ~]$ amcheck NMHPVPR Amanda Tape Server Host >>> Check >>> ----------------------------- >>> NOTE: Holding disk '/holding': 4085694464 KB disk space available, >>> using 2147483648 KB as requested FIPS mode initialized FIPS mode >>> initialized FIPS mode initialized FIPS mode initialized slot 1: >>> volume 'NMHPVPR0001' is not in the tapelist all slots have been >>> loaded Taper scan algorithm did not find an acceptable volume. >>> (expecting a new volume) >>> ERROR: No acceptable volumes found >>> Server check took 0.217 seconds >>> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check >>> -------------------------------- >>> Client check: 4 hosts checked in 1.217 seconds. 0 problems found. >>> (brought to you by Amanda 3.4) >>> >>> Is there a way to add this tape back into the tapelist >>> so that I can use it to finish my amflush dump? (I don’t actually >>> care if the dump is any good or not at this point, I just want the >>> thing cleaned up so I can run regular backups tonight.) >>> >>> -Sandro >> >
