On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:45:53PM +0100, mailinglis...@brennt.net wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:34:18 -0800, Paul Yeatman <pyeat...@zmanda.com> > wrote: > > > I think the command you are thinking of is "amrmtape"? Running this > > will cause Amanda to "forget" about the tape, however. I don't believe > > this is what you want. > > Doh.. AMflush.. AMlabel.. Yep.. Could have thought of that command name > :-) > And yes, this isn't what I want because I want still be able to recover > files with amanda from this tape. > > > If you simply take the tape out of rotation and change tapecycle to be > > 13, Amanda will happily go on with 13 tapes. You could even edit the > > tapelist file and change the line for the removed tape to be "no-reuse". > > This would prevent Amanda from unintentionally using the tape should the > > tape accidentally get loaded back into the drive at some point. > > Just to clearify things. Taking the tape out of rotation just means: > Do not insert it again. > > For example: > If I take DailySet107 out of rotation then I just have to enter > DailySet108 when Amanda requires DailySet107, right? > > If this is true, then personally I would always use this with no-reuse > because it makes things clear and prevents errors. >
Just one additional possibility. If you have a fresh tape, you could label it and make it available on the day you want the yearly backup. Amanda will always accept a new tape. Then set it to no-reuse and take it out of circulation. jl -- Jon H. LaBadie j...@jgcomp.com JG Computing 12027 Creekbend Drive (703) 787-0884 Reston, VA 20194 (703) 787-0922 (fax)
