>so I moved tape1_131 to the bottom, expecting amanda to look for
>tape1_131. It wasn't a big deal but when I ran amflush(the previous
>night's had failed) the message was that it expected tape1_132, but it
>still ran. So how did it know to expect tape1_132?
The primary key is the date string, not the VSN. Amanda doesn't care if
you label your tapes "larry", "moe" and "curly", so VSN is not a valid
sort criteria.
The secondary sort key is the position within the file. So to "move"
a tape back into what a human wants for order, you need to send it to
the bottom and change the datestring to match the previous line.
You can test this with "amadmin <config> tape" which will show you the
next tape(s) expected.
>The other question I have is this:
>all the lines in the file tapelist say 'reuse'. So how are we expected
>to know which tapes to keep?
What do you mean by "which tapes to keep"?
The "reuse" flag tells Amanda it may use this tape again when it is
the next one in the list. You can tell Amanda to not reuse a tape with
"amadmin <config> no-reuse <VSN> ...". When Amanda looks at that tape
it will skip over it.
Note that if you mark some tapes as "no-reuse", Amanda will ask for "new"
tapes until there are "tapecycle" reusable ones again.
>Ross
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
