On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 08:18:03PM +0000, Debra S Baddorf wrote: > > > On Nov 10, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Jon LaBadie <j...@jgcomp.com> 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
Makes sense. I just finished changing the "0's" to datestamps, reordering the list, and in the header file replacing the "X" with the matching tapelist time stamp. There were about 50, so I wrote a script for some of the work. I've left them at "no-reuse" but in the desired order. If they stay that way for a few days I'll remove the "no-". Thanks, Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie j...@jgcomp.com 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)
