On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:57:35AM -0400, M3 Freak wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have what may seem like a silly questions, but let me assure you, I
> have absolutely no idea how tape backups work.  I've only just figured
> out why my RH9 system wasn't seeing the tape drive.  Configuring amanda
> and administering it is a whole different thing!
> 
> Anyway, my question is basic.  Last night I manually ran "amdump", and
> it completed successfully.  I read the email amanda sent me, and it's
> now waiting for a "new tape".  I know that I have to put in the new
> tape, label it, and then set up cron to run automatically tonight. 
> However, before I put in the new tape, should I just issue an "eject"
> command to the drive to spit the tape out, or do I have to rewind it
> before ejecting it?  
> 
> I haven't used a tape backup system before, so I don't know what the
> consequences are of rewinding tapes or not before ejecting them.  I
> would very much appreciate suggestions/advice on this.

To my relatively limited knowledge,
drives rewind the tape before ejecting.

OTOH I don't generally count on that and rewind myself first.

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