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.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Kanwar
All tapes drives that I know of will rewind the tape if you merely issue an "eject" or "offline" command. Only an audio cassette unit (ok, or a VCR) will ever hand you a tape in a half-way state. So ..... commanding "rewind" and then "eject" is redundant. But certainly not harmful!
Deb Baddorf
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