Re: Amcheck finds no suitable tape, but doesn't complain
2006-05-05 17:36:10
On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 03:31:57PM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> >>>>> "JL" == Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com> writes:
>
> JL> I'm not sure what you were expecting amcheck to do.
>
> I was expecting it to alert me to the fact that no suitable tape was
> found and that I should stick a new tape in the changer. If I don't
> change out tapes, the backups tonight will fail. If I run amcheck -m
> as normal, no mail will be sent and so the operator will have no idea
> that it's time to stuff some new tapes in.
Apologies, I was considering that as the message you did receive.
>
> Previously I have always use a plain drive and changed the tapes
> manually. If I forgot to put a new tape in, amcheck would always
> complain it.
>
> JL> It did not find a tape it thought was suitable to use. Your
> JL> tapecycle parameter looks to be greater than 7, so it wants an new
> JL> (eighth) tape.
>
> I understand that, but it seems that the condition isn't thought of as
> a problem by amcheck, hence the subject "NO PROBLEMS FOUND" and the
> total lack of mail when '-m' is given when in reality the system is in
> an error state.
>
Good explanation of the situation that I did not consider.
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