I'm still just studying Amanda --- no real usage experience yet. But I do know you have to label the tapes to match what Amanda expects them to be called (so you can't accidentally overwrite any other tape).
I think you use "amlabel". Or something like that. So did you pre-label the tapes? Deb Baddorf At 04:34 PM 10/22/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Hello, > >I am new to Amanda. I have an Exabyte EZ17 Autoloader (Mammoth2) with >AME225 cartridges. The tape is connected to a Redhat Linux 6.2 system with >an Adaptec 7899 U160 on-board SCSI controller. The SCSI driver identifies >the tape and the changer correctly. > >I have installed Amanda-2.4.2p2 and mtx-1.2.13. From the command line, I >can control the changer with mtx (unload, load x, status). With mt, I can >control the tape (rewind, fsf, offline, status, etc.). I had successfully >used dump/restore with this tape. > >Now, I try to configure Amanda. I have the following output from the >amcheck command: > > [root@lmcpc111335 /root]# su amanda -c "amcheck DailySet1" > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > ----------------------------- > Holding disk /var/tmp: 3873928 KB disk space available, using 2849928 KB > amcheck-server: slot 1: not an amanda tape ........ ------------------- Deb Baddorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] 840-2289 "You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old." - George Burns <IXOYE><
