Re: Two more amanda questions

2003-02-27 Thread Christoph Scheeder
Hi, i think all of you are right, but... lets state a few things amanda does: 1.) you amlabel your tapes for use, and amanda put's them with a date of 0 in its tapelist. 2.) the date of 0 in tapelist means: this tape has never been written a backup to, it is a so called new tape. 3.) amanda will

Re: Two more amanda questions

2003-02-27 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 04:28:02PM -0800, John Oliver wrote: On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 05:26:59PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: Just a guess, but I'd say it's because 0 is not a valid date, so those lines are being ignored completely. Those lines are what results when you amlabel a tape. If

Re: Two more amanda questions

2003-02-27 Thread John Oliver
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 11:39:49AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 04:28:02PM -0800, John Oliver wrote: On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 05:26:59PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: Just a guess, but I'd say it's because 0 is not a valid date, so those lines are being ignored

Two more amanda questions

2003-02-26 Thread John Oliver
1) This morning, my amanda report said: These dumps were to tape Indyme010. The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape. Instead of The next tape Amanda expects to use is: Indyme011. Here's the tapelist: 20030226 Indyme010 reuse 20030225 Indyme009 reuse 20030221 Indyme008 reuse 20030220

Re: Two more amanda questions

2003-02-26 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 at 11:33am, John Oliver wrote These dumps were to tape Indyme010. The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape. Instead of The next tape Amanda expects to use is: Indyme011. Here's the tapelist: 20030226 Indyme010 reuse 20030225 Indyme009 reuse 20030221

Re: Two more amanda questions

2003-02-26 Thread John Oliver
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 03:54:16PM -0500, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: 20030226 Indyme010 reuse 20030225 Indyme009 reuse 20030221 Indyme008 reuse 20030220 Indyme007 reuse 20030219 Indyme006 reuse 20030218 Indyme005 reuse 20030215 Indyme004 reuse 20030214 Indyme003 reuse 20030213

RE: Two more amanda questions

2003-02-26 Thread Rebecca Pakish Crum
1) This morning, my amanda report said: These dumps were to tape Indyme010. The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape. Instead of The next tape Amanda expects to use is: Indyme011. Here's the tapelist: 20030226 Indyme010 reuse 20030225 Indyme009 reuse 20030221 Indyme008 reuse 20030220

Re: Two more amanda questions

2003-02-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wed February 26 2003 14:33, John Oliver wrote: 1) This morning, my amanda report said: These dumps were to tape Indyme010. The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape. Instead of The next tape Amanda expects to use is: Indyme011. Here's the tapelist: 20030226 Indyme010 reuse 20030225

Re: Two more amanda questions

2003-02-26 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 01:38:46PM -0800, John Oliver wrote: I thought amanda would just read from the bottom of the list. Nope, amanda goes by date first. List position is only significant when 2 or more tapes have the same last-used date. When it was done with tape 009, 010 was at the

Re: Two more amanda questions

2003-02-26 Thread John Oliver
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 05:26:59PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 01:38:46PM -0800, John Oliver wrote: I thought amanda would just read from the bottom of the list. Nope, amanda goes by date first. List position is only significant when 2 or more tapes have the same