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Re: Changing the label of an Amanda tape
2007-07-11 11:37:29
On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
Yogesh Hasabnis schrieb:
For that, when I use
the amlabel command to change the tape label and
configuration, I get a message as follows: "tape is in another amanda
configuration
rewinding tape not labeled"
amlabel -f {Setname}
In my case (just recently reconfigued my rack entirely and have set up the
L9 array again), Amanda is reporting 'changer problem: no slots available
(expecting a new tape).
Last time that happened I actually got a fresh set of tapes since the old
ones did need to be replaced anyway, but this time I'd like to use some of
the old ones again so that the batch of tapes I keep aside is properly
cycled (not just with the ones in the array itself).
Is there a way to convince Amanda that it's ok to re-use tapes with
existing labels written onto them or is the only way to get around this to
either 'scramble' the data with something else writing to the tapes then
re-labelling, or replace the old tapes with brand new ones (using
different tape names when writing the labels?)?
The other way might be to reconfigure Amanda so that the only tapes it
knows about are the ones in the array without telling it there are other
tapes stored off-array that I'd be manually putting in the carrier at
regular intervals as a 'batch swap'. What's the general consensus on this
theory?
Regards,
Craig.
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