On Wednesday 21 December 2005 14:58, Keith Nicewarner wrote:
>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?
>
Yes, amanda will not re-use a tape until tapecycle other tapes have 
been used.

>
>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?

Not recommended, but one could edit the $config/tapelist file to 
reorder things fresh, but there be dragons there for newbies.
>
>Keith.
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