Using amadmin I can easily find out which tapes are required for tonights
backup. I have runtapes set to 2, so the next two oldest tapes are listed.
This works fine if I check things each day and load up the changer (HP
DAT24x6) with the 2 tapes required. I have the changer setup with slots 0-4
available for backup tapes (5 tapes) and slot 5 holds the cleaning tape.

Since our backup uses at most 2 tapes, and usually only 1, I can "tail -5
tapelist" to find out the labels of the 5 oldest tapes, and load up the
changer fully. Would this be a handy feature to have in "amadmin" maybe
something like: "amadmin CONFIG chgtapes" or "amadmin CONFIG changer tapes",
to allow for other changer commands from amadmin ? This would easily let my
backup admin find out what tapes she can load up the changer with, and then
not have to worry about it for a day or two.

For now I have a "tail -5" script for her but I thought for those with
changers it would be a nice extension to amadmin.

Any thoughts ?

Scott...

Scott R. Burns
NETCON Technologies Incorporated
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