Re: mount sessions, rewinding tape device and amverify lossage
2003-04-28 17:17:38
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 04:43:49PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
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> I may well have missed a FAQ etc., but the example amanda.conf (2.4.4)
> does not clearly explain that amanda will break if one uses the
> rewinding tape drive.
Quibbling perhaps, maybe it does not say amanda will break,
but it seems quite explicit in what it wants:
tapedev "..." # the no-rewind tape device to be used
> 2) Explicit 'mt offline' in cron after amdump
> 3) Explicit 'mt rewind' on the _rewinding_ device to close the session
> ... . Really,
> it would be good for amanda to be able to end the mount session, but
> that seems hard to do portably.
Which is one reason why your choices 2 & 3 are such good choices.
And so easy to implement portably in the local environment in a crontab.
2 3 * * 1-6 amdump DS1 ; mt offline
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> nice to have a 'rewind' statement be allowed in amanda.conf. Really,
> it would be good for amanda to be able to end the mount session, but
> that seems hard to do portably.
>
> Greg Troxel <gdt AT ir.bbn DOT com>
>
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