On Wednesday 02 March 2005 10:05, ddaasd wrote:
>I configured Amanda on Tuesday to adapt itself to my new
> environment. Tuesday night was its first run.
>I don't want to have the cycle from Tuesday to Tuesday. In addition
> I run amdump only on weekdays.
>I want Monday to change the tapes and also Monday to be the first
> run.
>
>How can I make my first backup (on Tuesday night) to look like my
> second one? I want the Tuesday Tape to become the Monday tape for
> Amanda. Can I modify the date of an already written tape?

I don't believe the tape can be modified in that manner.

Humm, or maybe it can, useing dd to extract the label block, vim to 
edit the date, and dd to put the label block back, just make sure 
that you do not inadvertantly change the length of the label block in 
so doing else the whole tape will wave at you as the data is on the 
way out the window.  Forever.  The tape will be reusable of course.

But I do wish I could talk you out of this hard carved date framework 
you are trying to setup by doing this.  If you will just let amanda 
run, and figure on changing out the 5 tapes used on tuesdays.  
Besides, that takes monday holidays out of the failure modes.

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