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Q: Why does `amcheck' say `cannot overwrite active tape'? A: Because, if you configure Amanda to use N tapes, by setting tapecycle to N in `amanda.conf', before Amanda overwrites a tape, it must write to at least other N-1 tapes. Of course, Amanda will always refuse to overwrite a tape marked for `noreuse' with `amadmin'. Furthermore, such tapes are not counted when Amanda computes `N-1' tapes. If, for some reason, you want to tell Amanda to overwrite a particular tape, regardless of its position in the cycle, use `amrmtape'. This command will remove this tape from the `tapelist' file, that is used to manage the tape cycle, and will delete information about backups stored in that tape from the Amanda database. Cheers On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 12:58 +0200, Filip Rembiałkowski wrote: > At 06/14/05 12:19, Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I have finished testing phase and I would like to use the initial tape > > again this tape had dumped /etc which obviously didn't dump much data. > > I am now going to change the disklist from "/etc" to "/" what is the > > best way to go about it. > > > > Cheers > > > > > just amrmtape and amlabel again :) > > -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator Chuck Amadi The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Email chuck.smtl.co.uk Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830
