On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 05:45:25PM +0200, Sebastian Ksters wrote:
> I only want to create more then one tabes but don�t know what to do to
> create more tabes?!
> 
> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT 
> amanda DOT org] Im
> Auftrag von Jon LaBadie
> Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Juni 2004 17:32
> An: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Betreff: Re: Problem: cannot overwrite active tape
> 
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 05:32:30PM +0200, Sebastian K�sters wrote:
> > Thank your for the help.
> > 
> > The tapecycle parameter is active und set to 14. 
> > But how could I create more tapes?
> > 
> > I created the first tape with "amlabel DailySet1 DailySet100" now I tried
> to
> > create another tape with "amlabel DailySet1 DailySet101" but then the
> > following error message comes: 
> > 
> > rewinding, reading label DailySet100, tape is active
> > rewinding
> > tape not labelled
> > 
> > What must I do to create more tapes?
> ...
> > 
> > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT 
> > amanda DOT org]
> Im
> > Auftrag von Jon LaBadie
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Juni 2004 17:02
> > An: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> > Betreff: Re: Problem: cannot overwrite active tape
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 04:45:36PM +0200, Sebastian K�sters wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > I got a Problem with Amanda. 
> > > 
> > > I did a backup with �amdump <<name>>�. 
> > > 
> > > Doing the backup works fine but making a �amcheck <<name>>� �after the
> > > backup (before the backup is everything ok) says the following error :
> > > �cannot overwrite active tape DailySet100�. �
> > > After making the backup it is not possible to do the backup once again.
> > > 
> > > What must I do to make it work correctly?
> > 
> > Amanda works on the assumption that you have many/several/more-than-one
> > tape that will be used for backups.  It cycles through those tapes,
> > using one or more for each amdump run.  You specify the "minimum"
> > number of tapes in the cycle with the "tapecycle" parameter.  Each
> > tape must be uniquely labeled with the amlabel command before use.
> > 
> 
> I don't know what you are doing.
> Are you putting in the same tape each time?
> It can't have the two labels.
> Don't use the same tape, label 14 separate tapes.
> If you somehow have multiple tapes with the same
> label, or you for some reason need to change a
> tapes label, use the '-f' option of amlabel.
> 

Put a tape, blank or otherwise unused by amanda,
in the drive and use amlabel.

Am I missing something?

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