> I have followed the instruction and set the amanda.conf to
>
>dumpcycle 7 days
>runspercycle 1 days
>tapecycle 7 tapes
>labelstr "^DailySet1[0-9][0-9]*$"
If you're running amdump every day, do not set runspercycle.
> I have seven tapes to have a cycle in one week. Is it correct to label
>them as DailySet100, DailySet101, DailySet102,...?
What you label them is entirely up to you, within the limits you impose
on yourself via labelstr. The sequence you list is as good as any.
>Should I run the command
>amlabel DailySet1 DailySet100
>amlable DailySet1 DailySet101 ....
>as root or as operator?
As the Amanda user (which appears to be operator for you), not root.
> For the amrestore,
>/usr/sbin/amrestore /dev/nst0 202.85.165.88 '/home$'
>amrestore: missing file header block
>amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
>amrestore: 0: reached end of tape: date $?諦
>[闡鏽@鼴31 /闡
>觸藥孃#
Did you rewind the tape first?
I know about the garbage on the "reached end of tape" line and have just
not gotten around to fixing it yet.
>Richard Ao
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
