good luck,
chrisj

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.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Kanwar