On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 04:43:49PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> I may well have missed a FAQ etc., but the example amanda.conf (2.4.4)
> does not clearly explain that amanda will break if one uses the
> rewinding tape drive.

Quibbling perhaps, maybe it does not say amanda will break,
but it seems quite explicit in what it wants:

    tapedev "..."  # the no-rewind tape device to be used

>   2) Explicit 'mt offline' in cron after amdump
>   3) Explicit 'mt rewind' on the _rewinding_ device to close the session

> ... .  Really,
> it would be good for amanda to be able to end the mount session, but
> that seems hard to do portably.

Which is one reason why your choices 2 & 3 are such good choices.
And so easy to implement portably in the local environment in a crontab.

   2 3 * * 1-6   amdump DS1 ; mt offline

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> nice to have a 'rewind' statement be allowed in amanda.conf.  Really,
> it would be good for amanda to be able to end the mount session, but
> that seems hard to do portably.
> 
>         Greg Troxel <gdt AT ir.bbn DOT com>
> 
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