Hi,

I have a few questions regarding testing with a new Amanda install.

 

1). How can I re-use a tape to write multiple dump within a day for testing purposes?

cat tapelist

20071004092251 EGV003 reuse

20071003173354 EGV002 reuse

20071003 EGV004 reuse

Seems that everytime I run a backup Amanda expects a new tape for another one.

 

2). I installed mtx on the system and using the

tpchanger "chg-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script

in Amanda.conf.

How does Amanda know to use mtx when a tape becomes full during a backup?

 

3). Is there anyway to tell Amanda to use a backup window once amdump is called from cron?

 

Appreciate any knowledge on these questions.

Thanks,

Anderson