I still can't seem to get my tapes labelled correctly. I go through and label them all using amlabel like so....
$ mtx -f /dev/sg2 status Storage Changer /dev/sg2:1 Drives, 6 Slots ( 0 Import/Export ) Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 1 Loaded) Storage Element 1:Empty Storage Element 2:Full Storage Element 3:Full Storage Element 4:Full Storage Element 5:Full Storage Element 6:Full so label the tape in slot 1 $ amlabel -f gt-log gt-log01 slot 1 labeling tape in slot 1 (/dev/nst0): rewinding, reading label gt-log01 rewinding, writing label gt-log01, checking label, done. then go onto the next tape $ mtx -f /dev/sg2 next $ mtx -f /dev/sg2 status Storage Changer /dev/sg2:1 Drives, 6 Slots ( 0 Import/Export ) Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 2 Loaded) Storage Element 1:Full Storage Element 2:Empty Storage Element 3:Full Storage Element 4:Full Storage Element 5:Full Storage Element 6:Full and label that one $ amlabel -f gt-log gt-log02 slot 2 labeling tape in slot 2 (/dev/nst0): rewinding, reading label gt-log02 rewinding, writing label gt-log02, checking label, done. and do that through to label no.6 then i use amtape to update the tape database to make double sure amanda knows about all the tapes even though i can see them in the tapelist. $ amtape gt-log update amtape: scanning all 6 slots in tape-changer rack: slot 6: date X label gt-log06 slot 5: date X label gt-log05 slot 2: date X label gt-log02 slot 2: date X label gt-log02 slot 2: date X label gt-log02 slot 2: date X label gt-log02 There is the issue - for some reason it can't seem to see tapes 01,03,04 even though it labelled them OK and why is it 'seeing' tape02 4 times. Has anyone got any ideas as this has got me stumped. thanks Tom