On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 03:15:07PM -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> I can't seem to get amanda to really forget about some file tapes. I've
> removed them with:
> amrmtape rfaset1 rfaset1-slot<1-9>
> 
> They are no longer listed in tapelist.
> 
> but when I run amcheck I get messages like these for each of the removed
> tapes:
> amcheck-server: slot 4: rewinding tape: Input/output error
> ERROR: /file_tapes0/rfaset1/data/: No such file or directory
> ERROR: /file_tapes0/rfaset1/data/: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> Additionally amcheck reports:
> ERROR: new tape not found in rack
>        (expecting a new tape)
> 
> 
> If I manually recreate the /file_tapes0/rfaset1/data link to point to
> one of my as yet unused vtapes amcheck is happy for that day and that
> night's amdump runs fine. But, the next day amcheck reports the same
> errors. Somehow the 9 removed vtapes are still being considered part of
> my tapecycle and the last 9 tapes are not being used automatically.
> 
> Any suggestions? I've been looking through the docs but don't see this
> situation described anywhere.

2.4.4p3-3 debian sarge package
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