Re: Lables and Force

2004-03-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 24 March 2004 03:53, Brendon Standing wrote: >> As this is still a very common question when it comes to AMANDA >> there is a document called TOP-TEN-QUESTIONS. It could be found in >> the archives of this list and is already part of the AMANDA-CVS. >> >> I have put it up at >> http://

Re: Lables and Force

2004-03-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 24 March 2004 02:46, Brendon Standing wrote: >Hi all, > >I am having a small struggle with Amanda. The problem is that I have >labled the tapes Monday -> Friday. In the case like Monday which was > a public holiday, Mondays backup didn't run. This morning it should > have run Tuesday's

Re: Lables and Force

2004-03-24 Thread Paul Bijnens
Brendon Standing wrote: "Also, how do I force a backup, even though it expects a "labled" tape." What do you mean? AMANDA always expects a labelled tape. It does not use tapes without label. I don't understand that question well enough to help you. If you saying that AMANDA doesn't use tapes wit

Re: Lables and Force

2004-03-24 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Brendon, on Mittwoch, 24. März 2004 at 10:31 you wrote to amanda-users: >> What do you mean? AMANDA always expects a labelled tape. It does not >> use tapes without label. >> >> I don't understand that question well enough to help you. BS> If you saying that AMANDA doesn't use tapes without

Re: Lables and Force

2004-03-24 Thread Brendon Standing
> > > "Also, how do > > I force a backup, even though it expects a "labled" tape." > > What do you mean? AMANDA always expects a labelled tape. It does not > use tapes without label. > > I don't understand that question well enough to help you. If you saying that AMANDA doesn't use tapes witho

Re: Lables and Force

2004-03-24 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Brendon , on Mittwoch, 24. März 2004 at 09:53 you wrote to amanda-users: >> Look for the "friday-tape-question", it's the third section. BS> Thanks, This helps and it doesn't. So you cannot force a dump? Their BS> answer was no and yes, and their yes answer was about an incremental BS> backu

Re: Lables and Force

2004-03-24 Thread Brendon Standing
> As this is still a very common question when it comes to AMANDA there > is a document called TOP-TEN-QUESTIONS. It could be found in the > archives of this list and is already part of the AMANDA-CVS. > > I have put it up at > http://www.oops.co.at/oops_technical_amanda_contrib.htm until the next

Re: Lables and Force

2004-03-24 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Brendon, on Mittwoch, 24. März 2004 at 08:46 you wrote to amanda-users: BS> Hi all, BS> I am having a small struggle with Amanda. The problem is that I have BS> labled the tapes Monday -> Friday. In the case like Monday which was a BS> public holiday, Mondays backup didn't run. This morning

Lables and Force

2004-03-23 Thread Brendon Standing
Hi all, I am having a small struggle with Amanda. The problem is that I have labled the tapes Monday -> Friday. In the case like Monday which was a public holiday, Mondays backup didn't run. This morning it should have run Tuesday's backup but it's still looking for Monday's tape. I have rum an "a