Amanda-Users

Re: swap out a tape within the rotation

2003-01-13 16:02:37
Subject: Re: swap out a tape within the rotation
From: Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
To: wab <wab AT purdue DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:33:14 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 at 2:56pm, wab wrote

> I have decided to archive the current "tapeXX" in my rotation. I want to
> use a new tape for
> tapeXX, but executing "./amlabel DailySet1 tapeXX" returns, "label
> tapeXX is already on a tape."
> 
> What am I missing? (faq-o-matic is down :( )

You can't label a tape with an active label.  AFAIK, you have two options:

1) Increase tape cycle, and label a new tape, subbing it for tapeXX

2) amrmtape tapeXX, and then label a new tape with the now available 
   label.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University