Amanda-Users

Re: Replacing a tape....

2004-02-12 11:32:39
Subject: Re: Replacing a tape....
From: Dave Ewart <Dave.Ewart AT cancer.org DOT uk>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:30:30 +0000
On Thursday, 12.02.2004 at 08:26 -0800, Pro-Fit wrote:

> Can someone please tell me in the simplest terms how I can replace a
> corrupt tape in Amanda?  
> 
> I have a tape - weeklyset0302 -which is faulty.  How do I get a new
> tape in it's place if I can label it with the same label??  I need to
> flush a backup to this tape in order to get my backups back on
> schedule.

I believe all you need to do is force a label on to the new tape -
amlabel with the '-f' option should do it.

Dave.
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Dave Ewart
Dave.Ewart AT cancer.org DOT uk
Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford
Cancer Research UK
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