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Re: Skip two tapes

2004-11-09 11:11:32
Subject: Re: Skip two tapes
From: Stephen Carville <carville AT cpl DOT net>
To: Nicolas Ecarnot <nicolas.ecarnot AT accim DOT com>, amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 08:02:44 -0800
On Monday November 08 2004 11:41 pm, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a configuration with ten tapes that runs nicely.
> For some reason, I have to skip two tapes : the last backup was made on
> tape05 and the next one has to be made on tape08
> How can I do that ? What file should I hack for that ?

You can use 'admadim <config> no-reuse <tape>' to temporarily remove them.   
Later, when you're ready to reuse them, 'amadmin <config> reuse<tape>' .

It can be a little tricky getting them back into the rotation in order tho :-)

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Stephen Carville http://www.heronforge.net/~stephen/gnupgkey.txt
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