> >Indeed, the mail report suggests that the next dump should go
> onto the first
> >tape. I had assumed that it would suffice to insert the first
> tape and the
> >new dump would simply overwrite the dump from the first cycle. No? ...
>
> That's what should happen.
Thanks for clarifying this. I am still an Amanda novice.
>
> >In fact,
> >when I try to do this, my Sun DLT 4000 simply ejects the tape and amdump
> >requests that I insert a tape in the next slot (1). ...
>
> What happens when you run amcheck? And please post all the actual
> messages, not a summary.
>
That is somewhat worrying:
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bash-2.02$ amcheck Daily
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
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/dumps/amanda: 3018523 KB disk space available, that's plenty.
amcheck-server: slot 0: not an amanda tape
insert tape into slot 1 and press return
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The same happens when I insert the second tape from week 1. Worried that I
might not actually be able to restore any data, I checked the status usind
amadmin Daily info. This revealed that all the data is on tape 4 and 5. With
tape 4, using amcheck I obtain:
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amcheck-server: slot 1: date 20001117 label DailySet104 (active tape)
**************************************************************
So, I presume that I still have all the data. I just do not understand what
happened to tape 1 (and 2). I guess it would be safe to just relabel them,
but I am still confused. Any suggestions on what is going on?
--Thomas
BTW, on the topic of supplying all the output by email: does anyone know how
to copy and paste text from an Exceed X server to my Windows2000
applications?
