> On Apr 10, 2017, at 3:43 PM, Debra S Baddorf <badd...@fnal.gov> wrote: > > Were there any other tapes “available” for it to use? The one you just > re-labeled > will have dropped to the last of the list. If it’s the only one, it’ll > still be the one used. If there are other free tapes that you labelled > before this one, > they’ll be used first. > > You *CAN* edit the tapelist file and move around the lines, especially > just these > new labels, where the date is still blank. The bottom most one (with date > 0) > will get used. > > Deb
PS You can check which one it intends to use next: amadmin <config> tape will show you the next one, and perhaps a few after that. Deb > > >> On Apr 10, 2017, at 3:36 PM, Ochressandro Rettinger >> <orettin...@salud.unm.edu> wrote: >> >> I did that, and it worked, but then when I ran amflush again, it didn't >> list the tape name. >> >> [amandabackup@archivist ~]$ amflush NMHPVPR >> Flushing dumps from 20170408010017 using storage "NMHPVPR", tape changer >> "tape_drive". >> >> Are you sure you want to do this [yN]? Y >> Running in background, you can log off now. >> You'll get mail when amflush is finished. >> >> -Sandro >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Debra S Baddorf [mailto:badd...@fnal.gov] >> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 2:33 PM >> To: Ochressandro Rettinger <orettin...@salud.unm.edu> >> Cc: Debra S Baddorf <badd...@fnal.gov>; Debra S Baddorf <badd...@fnal.gov>; >> amanda-users@amanda.org >> Subject: Re: amflush >> >> Try “amlabel -f ….. “ for “force”. >> Be sure it’s the right tape, but I use it all the time. >> Deb >> >> >>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 3:17 PM, Ochressandro Rettinger >>> <orettin...@salud.unm.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Yes. It was less effective than I might have hoped. :-/ >>> >>> [amandabackup@archivist ~]$ amlabel NMHPVPR NMHPVPR0001 Reading >>> label... >>> Found label 'NMHPVPR0001' but it is not in the tapelist file. >>> Not writing label. >>> Not writing label. >>> >>> Do I need to erase the label somehow first? >>> >>> -Sandro >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Debra S Baddorf [mailto:badd...@fnal.gov] >>> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 2:13 PM >>> To: Ochressandro Rettinger <orettin...@salud.unm.edu> >>> Cc: Debra S Baddorf <badd...@fnal.gov>; amanda-users@amanda.org >>> Subject: Re: amflush >>> >>> Did you do another “amlabel” after doing “amrmtape”? >>> Deb Baddorf >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Ochressandro Rettinger >>>> <orettin...@salud.unm.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I’m having problems with amflush and the tapelist. >>>> >>>> My backups didn’t work last night, so I swapped the tape and >>>> ran amflush. Amflush hung, so I tried to stop it and run it again, >>>> without changing the tape. In order to do that, I ran amrmtape on the >>>> tape, and removed it from the tapelist file. This was apparently a >>>> mistake, because now I can’t get amanda to do anything with that tape. >>>> >>>> [amandabackup@archivist ~]$ amcheck NMHPVPR Amanda Tape Server Host >>>> Check >>>> ----------------------------- >>>> NOTE: Holding disk '/holding': 4085694464 KB disk space available, >>>> using 2147483648 KB as requested FIPS mode initialized FIPS mode >>>> initialized FIPS mode initialized FIPS mode initialized slot 1: >>>> volume 'NMHPVPR0001' is not in the tapelist all slots have been >>>> loaded Taper scan algorithm did not find an acceptable volume. >>>> (expecting a new volume) >>>> ERROR: No acceptable volumes found >>>> Server check took 0.217 seconds >>>> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check >>>> -------------------------------- >>>> Client check: 4 hosts checked in 1.217 seconds. 0 problems found. >>>> (brought to you by Amanda 3.4) >>>> >>>> Is there a way to add this tape back into the tapelist >>>> so that I can use it to finish my amflush dump? (I don’t actually >>>> care if the dump is any good or not at this point, I just want the >>>> thing cleaned up so I can run regular backups tonight.) >>>> >>>> -Sandro >>> >> >