On Sunday 10 August 2003 02:10 pm, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 11:59:52AM -0700, Stephen Carville wrote:
> > Whenever Amanda has to roll over to a new tape and the first tape
in
> > the expected list is missing, the backups fail. For example, last
> > night, the expected tapes were:
> >
> > C83166
> > C83259
> > C83170
> >
> > The tape C83166 was not in the changer so my wrapper script loaded
> > C83259, fired off amdump, and the backup started up fine.
However,
> > when the tape ran out, Amanda tried to load C83166 but couldn't
find
> > it and failed. C83170 was available but Amanda apparently did not
> > try to load it.
> >
>
> When amanda reported the "next 3 tapes amanda expects are:"
> was C83170 within that group?
Yep:
The next Amanda run should go onto tape C83166 or a new tape.
The next Amanda run should go onto tape C83170 or a new tape.
The next Amanda run should go onto tape C83257 or a new tape.
> Also, was C83170 used more than 14 tapes ago?
Yep, again.
> I think unless at least the 2nd condition is met,
> that amanda will not use a tape.
Perhaps but, AFAIK, if the tape is more than one cycle old (in this
case over seven days) it should be reusable.
> > Is there a configuration option I can use to tell Amanda to try
the
> > next tape if the desired tape is not avaialble?
> ...
> >
> > ---- from amanda.conf ----
> > dumpcycle 7 days
> > runspercycle 6
> > tapecycle 14 tapes
> > runtapes 3
> > ---- end -----
> >
> > I actually have 19 tapes allocated for this backup.
> >
>
> I'd say have several more available, but not labeled.
> When you are about to encounter that situation,
> label a new tape. Amanda will always take a new tape.
>
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>
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