Joshua Baker-LePain --> amanda-users (2006-06-17 06:53:42 -0400): > On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 at 10:33am, Jukka Salmi wrote > > >to backup some client systems I use an Amanda config containing > > > > dumpcycle 0 days > > tapecycle 4 tapes > > > >which I run manually from time to time. The config uses the file driver > >(in case this matters). > > > >Because on some clients lots of files were moved during the last amdump > >run, I'd like to repeat it - but I'd like it to overwrite the tape > >which was used in the "failed" run. How can I achieve this? Simply > >running amdump again uses the next tape... > > amrmtape $CONFIG $TAPEYOUWANTTORERUN > amlabel $CONFIG $TAPEYOUWANTTORERUN > amdump $CONFIG
Thanks a lot! For the archives: I needed to specify the slot number to amlabel (`amlabel $CONFIG $TAPETORERUN slot $slot'), otherwise it tried to label one of the active tapes. Regards, Jukka -- bashian roulette: $ ((RANDOM%6)) || rm -rf ~