On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:57:35AM -0400, M3 Freak wrote: > Hello, > > I have what may seem like a silly questions, but let me assure you, I > have absolutely no idea how tape backups work. I've only just figured > out why my RH9 system wasn't seeing the tape drive. Configuring amanda > and administering it is a whole different thing! > > Anyway, my question is basic. Last night I manually ran "amdump", and > it completed successfully. I read the email amanda sent me, and it's > now waiting for a "new tape". I know that I have to put in the new > tape, label it, and then set up cron to run automatically tonight. > However, before I put in the new tape, should I just issue an "eject" > command to the drive to spit the tape out, or do I have to rewind it > before ejecting it? > > I haven't used a tape backup system before, so I don't know what the > consequences are of rewinding tapes or not before ejecting them. I > would very much appreciate suggestions/advice on this.
To my relatively limited knowledge, drives rewind the tape before ejecting. OTOH I don't generally count on that and rewind myself first. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)