On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 12:08:51AM -0400, Kashif Chaudhry wrote:
>  
> 
> Many thanks for the quick response. Yes it was getting updated before. I
> meant once I replaced the tapes in the tape device with new once. Amanda
> does not update its tape list file with new information. 
>  
> 
> New tape's also has all the barcodes and barcodes starts from
> A00140-A00179 but the Amanda's tape list file still showing the list of
> old tapes instead of new once e.g;
> 
> 
> Old tape list looks like this;
> 
> 
> 20040730 CSODailySet1-A00121 reuse
> 20040528 CSODailySet1-A00128 reuse
> 20040526 CSODailySet1-A00127 reuse
> 20040524 CSODailySet1-A00126 reuse
> 20040521 CSODailySet1-A00125 reuse
> 20040520 CSODailySet1-A00124 reuse
> 20040518 CSODailySet1-A00123 reuse
> 20040101 CSODailySet1-A00109 reuse
> 20031007 CSODailySet1-A00116 reuse
> 
> After changing the tapes this is what I get;
> 
> operator@ethel:/usr/local/etc/amanda # amcheck CSODailySet1/
> 
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> 
> -----------------------------
> 
> Holding disk /home/amandaholding: 3423158 KB disk space available, using
> 1326006 KB
> 
> amcheck-server: fatal slot 24: Unloading Data Transfer Element into
> Storage Element 24...mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes
> 
> ERROR: label CSODailySet1-A00116 or new tape not found in rack
> 
>        (expecting tape CSODailySet1-A00116 or a new tape)
> 
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> 
> Server check took 28.256 seconds
> 
> 
> But the information in tape list does not changes at all it still shows
> the old information.
> 

Inserting tapes into the drive does not change, or add new tapes,
to the tapelist.  New tapes are added to the tapelist by use of
the amlabel command on each new tape.

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