On Saturday 15 April 2006 05:24, stan wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 12:20:16AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Friday 14 April 2006 23:24, stan wrote:
>> >On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 07:08:45PM +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote:
>> >> On 2006-04-14 17:15, stan wrote:
>> >
>> >I can probably write such a thing, but I was hoping that someone
>> >else might have already done sothing here.
>>
>> You can go ahead and write such a beast, but if the tapes are
>> already labeled, amcheck can do that just fine.
>
>Mmm, as far as I know amcheck can tell me if the correct tape is
> loaded, but I'll stil need to write something that will run amcheck,
> check the results of it (does it return a status or do I have to
> check the text it outputs), then run amtape next slot, check again,
> and loop untill it gets a good status (or has checked all slots).
>

Sheesh, darnit Stan, why do you have to make it so outragiously 
complicated?

IF the tapes are already labeled properly, and you have amanda's cron 
run amcheck say at 12 noon, amcheck will look for the right tape if it 
doesn't find it, and it will make one complete pass thru the library 
looking for it before it gives up.  It will send you an email advising 
you of any failure, and you'll know in plenty of time to take 
corrective action.

FWIW, amdump is also capable of this action, but it won't tell you 
somethings fubar'd until its too late to fix this run.

Have you yet cracked a manpage for amanda?  From the questions asked, 
its apparent you have not, choosing instead to ask questions here, the 
answers to which are in the manpages or the FAQ, and when we answer 
you, you still won't do it the right way, argueing with folks that have 
been running amanda for 5 or more years, repeatedly, until you stumble 
onto something that manages to work, mostly.

>
>Hmm, that should work even if the tapes aren't labeled yet.

I hate to resort to an old saw with unpleasant connotations, but Read 
The Fine Manuals.

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