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Re: backups on file:

2006-03-14 13:13:48
Subject: Re: backups on file:
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:09:08 -0500
On Tuesday 14 March 2006 12:07, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:56:05PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
>> Jochen Kaechelin schrieb:
>> > how must I use amlabel when I will store my backups on
>> > a harddisk?
>> >
>> > amlabel aaa.hostname.de prefix-001
>> > and amdump aaa.hostname.de
>> >
>> > works fine and everything is backup-ed.
>> > Bue I cant make
>> >
>> > amlabel aaa.hostname.de prefix-002
>> >
>> > ...prefix-001...is in use...
>> >
>> > Any hints? I work with amanda for 4 hours.
>>
>> Surprising ... ;)
>>
>> Check the value for the parameter labelstr in your amanda.conf.
>> Should look like this:
>>
>> labelstr "^prefix[0-9][0-9]*$"
>
>Small details, there is a missing dash in the above pattern
>and it looks like you want a fixed 3 digit string.
>
>An alternative label string pattern could be:
>
>   labelstr "^prefix-[0-9][0-9][0-9]$"

Thanks Jon, I didn't spot that at all. Getting slow in my dotage I 
guess.

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