On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 09:38:03AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> 
> Similar to a question I asked Greg, have you any idea how to handle
> a multiple tape backup situation?  What if the DLE you want to test
> was on the first tape of several used that day?



Duh ...  now I can respond to my own question to Greg.
Because I read the man pages finally :(

I asked Greg how you could do a amverify after a multi-tape amdump.
I.e. how you would figure out which tapes to verify?


  NAME
     amverify - check an Amanda tape for errors

  SYNOPSIS
     amverify config [ slot [ runtapes ] ]

  DESCRIPTION

     . . .

     If config is set up to use a tape changer, the slot argument
     may be used to choose the first tape to process.  Otherwise,
     the current slot is used.

     The runtapes configuration  parameter  determines  how  many
     tapes  are  processed  unless it is specified on the command
     line.


Ahh, it will do multiple tapes.  So I just have to figure out how many
and where to start.

Then I read further ...


  SEE ALSO
     amrestore(8), amanda(8), amverifyrun(8)


Hmmm, "amverifyrun", never saw that one before.  Wonder what that is?



  NAME
     amverifyrun - check the tapes written by the last amanda run

  SYNOPSIS
     amverifyrun config

  DESCRIPTION
     Amverifyrun read the log from the last amanda  run  to  find
     the  slot  of  the  first  tape used and the number of tapes
     used.  It call amverify with these argument.


Gee, someone already thought about that problem and the solution?

  It's in there


Feeling silly, sorry for the noise.

jon
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