On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 12:19:00PM -0400, Pascal Robert wrote:
> Jon LaBadie wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 10:17:55AM -0400, Pascal Robert wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Hello there,
> >>
> >>we installed AMANDA 2.4.4p1 on a RedHat Linux 8 system.  For now,
> >>we're doing backups on the disk until we buy a DLT.
> >>Everything was fine for 4 days until yesterday.  We have 14 "virtual"
> >>tapes, and when it tried to use tape09, we get:
> >>
> >>amcheck-server: strange amanda header: "AMANDA:"
> >>amcheck-server: slot 9: not an amanda tape
> >>ERROR: label Cesart09 or new tape not found in rack
> >>    (expecting tape Cesart09 or a new tape)
> >>
> >>We didn't have those errors until it tried to use this tape.
> >>
> >>If I try to label this tape, I get:
> >>
> >>$ amlabel Condig Cesart09 slot 9
> >>amlabel: label Cesart09 already on a tape
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >Is it already on a different virtual tape, but in a different slot?
> >
> > 
> >
> How can I check that ?  amcheck don't return any other errors  for the 
> other slots.

Check the man page for amtape.
I believe it has an update command
and a show slot contents command.

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