> On Nov 10, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Jon LaBadie <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 06:10:12PM +0000, Debra S Baddorf wrote: >> >>> Am 2017-11-06 um 19:49 schrieb Jon LaBadie: >>>> My vtapes are spread across several disks. One of the >>>> smallest recently died in a most audible way. >>>> >>>> I'm replacing the disk with a larger one. >>>> >>>> I would like to recreate the lost vtapes (no backup >>>> data, that is gone!) and have them reused in the >>>> order they would have been used. >>>> >>>> Also, I would like to add vtapes and have them used >>>> after the currently highest numbered vtape. >>>> >>>> I.e. I am succumbing to that human fraility of wanting >>>> things to run in numerical order when it really doesn't >>>> matter. >>> >> >> I haven’t tried this with vtapes, but with physical tapes, I’ll just edit >> the tapelist file. >> I move the desired tape into the correct slot and edit the date field to be >> just after >> the previous line (so it fits, sequentially, with prior and subsequent >> lines). >> >> For blank tapes, which are at the end of the file, I just move the line to >> the end of >> the file, so it uses this tape next. >> “amadmin <config> tape” will tell me the order it plans to use the next >> few tapes, >> so I can tell if I got it right. >> >> Note: don’t change the line for a GOOD tape until just before you want it >> to be used. >> I’m not sure what these changes would do to amrestore or amrecover >> processes. >> > > I'm surprised at amanda's reordering the tapelist file > at several points. But the leading '0' files, whether > "reuse" or "no-reuse" keep being moved to the bottom. > > I think I'm going to try setting the dates manually. > I'm concerned about the "tape header file", > 00000-<tape-label>. It has a DATE last used field > which is "X", I guess "never used". I wonder if that > must match the tapefile date field? > > Jon
Well, for overwriting the tape, it has never mattered for me. My tapelist edits (above) have worked. Now, for READING the tape and doing restores, it may very well matter. But for re-using the tape, it has to re-write that record anyway, with the current date. Deb
