Amanda-Users

Re: relabel (was Re: Amanda always doing full backup?)

2009-05-14 13:25:23
Subject: Re: relabel (was Re: Amanda always doing full backup?)
From: Brandon Metcalf <brandon AT geronimoalloys DOT com>
To: "Dustin J. Mitchell" <dustin AT zmanda DOT com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 12:15:07 -0500 (CDT)
b == brandon AT cedar.geronimoalloys DOT com writes:

 b> d == dustin AT zmanda DOT com writes:

 b>  d> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Brandon Metcalf
 b>  d> <brandon AT geronimoalloys DOT com> wrote:
 b>  d> > Yep, this makes sense based on the notes from the planner.  I guess
 b>  d> > the only reason it would be a problem is if I'm running out of space
 b>  d> > on which I stored the backups?

 b>  d> This is one of many reasons that oversubscribing your vtapes is a
 b>  d> problematic configuration.  If your vtapes are oversubscribed, you
 b>  d> need to pay *very* close attention to what Amanda is doing, and make
 b>  d> adjustments early, before Amanda finds a vtape with 0kb available.


 b> Makes sense.  And I've managed to mess up my virtual tapes.  Based on
 b> your email I thought I would delete some of my virtual tapes using
 b> rm(1).  I did, but then wanted to add some back.  I recreated them
 b> with mkdir(1), but when I try to label them I get

 b>   amlabel: label DailySet1-25 already on a tape

 b> I assume this is because /etc/amanda/DailySet1/tapelist already has
 b> this label listed.

 b> Do I need to relabel the tapes I deleted and then added back?


Figured it out.  I needed to use amrmtape(8).

-- 
Brandon