On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 04:37:58AM -0700, Joe Donner (sent by Nabble.com) wrote:
> 
> Aha - thanks for that!
> 
> That was kind of what I was wondering about - didn't realise that amanda
> will add it to the rotation, so I thought what happens to the tape then...
> 
> I wonder - how will amanda handle labelling the new tape, then?  Will you be
> asked to label it first, manually, or does amanda label it automatically?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> Mitch Collinsworth wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Joe Donner (sent by Nabble.com) wrote:
> > 
> >> E.g. I use daily-1 for a backup run, and the backup fails for some reason
> >> and some data is on the holding disk.  Amanda tells me that she expects
> >> daily-2 or a new tape for the next run.  I run amflush, and amanda wants
> >> a
> >> tape.  Is it alright to use daily-2, or is it better to use a new tape?
> > 
> > Either is fine.  If you're going to use an existing tape, daily-2 is what
> > amanda will want.  At any time it's always acceptable to use a new tape.
> > If you use a new tape amanda will add it to the normal rotation at this
> > point.  What you choose to do is up to local policy.
> > 

Traditionally amanda would never automatically label tapes.
It is a one-time administrator task.

ISTR that recent amanda versions have a directive to
automatically label unlabelled tapes.  It was intended for
some vtape installations and some specialty situations.
It is NOT on by default.

I'd recommend against using autolabeling unless very clear
of the implications.

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