Debian Buster; can't find amanda version, but it's what the Debian installer installed (and updated, if any); config 'sls' (worked for years); VS1 DLT
Both amflush and amdump say tape sls-3 doesn't exist -- sometimes, but they both insist on writing to sls-3. amcheck say sls-3 exists, and will write to it. Amanda wrote to sls-3 last cycle. I'm assuming that amcheck just tries a little harder to read a failing tape. Whatever, I can't figure out how to get a backup. I tried removing sls-3 from the tapelist, then everybody wanted a new tape. So, assuming that an empty freshly labeled tape would be considered a new tape, I relabeled (-f) sls-3 -- worked. Now I'm back to amcheck being happy and the others saying the tape doesn't exist. Help? What I'd like to do is to get sls-3 back. Second choice: forget about sls-3 (remove it from tapelist and the data files) and write to sls-4. -- Glenn English
