On Wednesday 12 May 2010, Jason Frisvold wrote: >On May 12, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> This is doing it both the hard way, and the leave nagging garbage laying >> around way. > >Of course. Why do it the easy way? :)
Only until we actually learn the easy way, Jason. Been there, done that, even bought and wore out the cheap T-shirt. ;-) >> IIRC, and its been yonks since I last played with it, the proper command >> is amrmtape, see the manpage for exact syntax. This not only removes the >> tape from the active list, but also removes all the indice etc references >> to it, leaving you with a clean system. > >Excellent, this appears to have done it. > >>> Also, amcheck seems to be complaining about labels and active tapes now. >>> Is this a problem? >> >> See above, amrmtape should clean that up too. > >Though perhaps not this.. I'll let it run through a cycle tonight before I > pass final judgement, though. > >> Your elapsed times there indicate you may be using vtapes? When I was >> using a changer, it was often over a minute per tape inspected. Slow, >> cheap, seacrate DDS2 changer. For me, vtapes on a terrabyte HD have been >> dozens of times more dependable, and since its random access, about 50 >> times faster when doing a recovery. One drive failure in about 5 years >> now, and smartd warned me about it in plenty of time to take corrective >> replacement action which included rsync'ing the failing drive to the new >> one. Amanda never got a hint there was a problem. > >Yes, vtapes. Best thing since .. well, since tapes? :) Gee, around my camp site the comparison tends to run a bit more graphic, compared to sliced bread or bottled beer, and of course instant favors from the fairer sex usually tops the list. ;) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The one item you need is always in short supply -- Murphy's Military Laws n�87