I’m new to backups (much less Linux or AMANDA), so forgive me if I’m missing some basic concepts.

 

I’ve managed to get AMANDA installed on our RH ES Linux server, but I’ve yet to be able to do a full backup.  I’ve done a simple test that appears to work, but several issues have prevented me from doing the real backup.  I think I’ve resolved the last issue, but here’s the annoying thing: It keeps wanting me to put in a new tape – even though the previous tape wasn’t full or even used.  Is this normal?  Am I going to have to swap tapes every day even if they aren’t full?

 

Since I haven’t really gotten a good backup, how can I start fresh?  It won’t let me reuse the test tapes.  How can I wipe the tapes clean and make AMANDA think it’s the first day of operation? 

 

Keith.

 

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