Amanda-Users

RE: Getting Amanda to production

2005-02-04 17:46:31
Subject: RE: Getting Amanda to production
From: "Gil Naveh" <gnaveh AT cleverex DOT com>
To: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:40:31 -0500
ok you can laugh at me :)
but I don't understand something with amlabel:
how does it knows which tape drive I am referring to? since the command
looks like:
#amlabel DailySet1 labelname

thx,
gil

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org]On Behalf Of Jon LaBadie
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 5:13 PM
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: Getting Amanda to production


On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 05:02:59PM -0500, Gil Naveh wrote:
> Thanks Gavin and Jon,
> Wow that was great help.
>
> Regarding my first question, what should I do with the 'old' labels (the
> hard disk) can I delete them?

Are they important to you?

> if not how Amanda knows to write on the new tape drive and not on the hard
> disk.

How did it know to write to the vtapes?  You told it where to write.
How will it know where to write to the real tapes?  You will tell it.


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