On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 06:07:41PM -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 05:26:04PM -0500, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: > > Jon, > > > > 'amadmin tape' list the oldest reusable label, it doesn't use the > > taperscan algorithm and it doesn't check what is currently loaded in the > > changer. > > 'amcheck' and 'amtape' run the taperscan algorithm and verify they are > > in the changer. > > > > Which taperscan are you using? > > > > Just a bit more info (I already posted "lexical" is my algorithm. > > I did an "amtape DS1 inventory". It lists all 240 tapes. > > The output has two values in the last column, "[retention-tapes]" > and "[retention-no]". However these do not match the in-use vs. > skipped tapes. > > DS1-000 to DS1-009 [retention-no] # recreated after crash > # currently being skipped > DS1-010 to DS1-018 [retention-tapes] # most recently used > # after looping from 207 > DS1-019 to DS1-077 [retention-no] # oldest used and I assume > # will be used next > DS1-078 to DS1-207 [retention-tapes] # used after 077 and > # looped to 010 > DS1-208 to DS1-239 [retention-no] # newly created, never used > # skipped over Further update,
I changed the taper scan algorthm from lexical to oldest. This changed the next tape from DS1-019 to DS1-208. jon -- Jon H. LaBadie j...@jgcomp.com 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)
