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Re: tape request via email

2003-04-28 11:32:38
Subject: Re: tape request via email
From: Jean-Louis Martineau <martinea AT IRO.UMontreal DOT CA>
To: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:29:38 -0400
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 11:16:19AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 10:59:48AM -0400, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 12:46:11PM +0400, vlad f halilow wrote:
> > > hello, i change the request() function in chg-manual for requesting tape 
> > > via 
> > > our monitoring system. but one thing: in the amanda dump report, i look 
> > > the 
> > > string for the next tape to be inserted (awaiting tape). which variable 
> > > or 
> > > file contain string for the next tape? so tape request note looks like 
> > > following:
> > > 
> > > 'insert new tape'
> > > 'insert tapename10' etc...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > how i can made this?
> > 
> > You can use the output of 'amadmin <conf> tape'
> 
> The output of this command prints the following for my configuration:
> 
>     $ amadmin DS1 tape
>     The next Amanda run should go onto tape DS1-05 or a new tape.
>     The next Amanda run should go onto tape DS1-06 or a new tape.
> 
> Currently no amdump/amflush is running, so this is what tapes are
> required for the next run.  If my 'runtapes' setting was 5 instead
> of 2 I presume there would be 5 lines of output.
> 
> Would the output during an amdump run be different so one could tell
> which tape is the next one needed?

This command should always list the next n tapes to use, the first line
give the next one.

Jean-Louis
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