Re: Survey of Changer Users: After amdump returns, where is tape?

2002-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 July 2002 22:14, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: >On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Gene Heskett wrote: [...] >> I can verify that too, I've had zilch trouble from leaving the >> tape in the drive, using a Seagate 4586np changer with a 4 tape >> magazine. FWIW, once one of these changers is loaded, I f

Re: Multiple configs

2002-07-21 Thread Frank Smith
--On Saturday, July 20, 2002 19:51:01 -0500 "Craig Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I was wondering what is the best wato configure amanda. I > basically have a 2 dape drives and a 40 tape autoloaders and I want > to make 2 configs. I found very little inf

Re: need help urgently!!!

2002-07-21 Thread dirkx
> when i run the command amrestore -p /dev/nst0 filezzz /var | tar -cV > restore.tar it starts to read through the tape, it finds the directory > i'm looking for, but then it stops and i can't get it to put the file on > my hard drive, obviously i am running the wrong command can anyone help me >

Re: Survey of Changer Users: After amdump returns, where is tape?

2002-07-21 Thread Mitch Collinsworth
On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 21 July 2002 02:44, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > >You asked what amanda does with changers. I believe when amdump > > completes the tape is rewound but not ejected. > > Its not even rewound here Mitch. Since amanda uses the > non-rewinding de

Re: Tape labeling question

2002-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 July 2002 14:47, Mark Cooke wrote: >On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 19:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > >[..] > >> In our experience, when the tape is recognized by the drive >> after being inserted, the drives compression setting is restored >> to whatever was in effect when the tape was last labeled

Re: Times from amreport

2002-07-21 Thread Frank Smith
--On Sunday, July 21, 2002 12:28:52 +0200 Ulrik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Frank Smith wrote: > >>For example, cron started one config at 9:30PM, sent the report >> email at 11:23PM, and reported the following: >> >> Estimate Time (hrs:min)0:06 >> Run T

Re: Times from amreport

2002-07-21 Thread Frank Smith
--On Sunday, July 21, 2002 12:30:05 -0400 Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 12:28:52PM +0200, Ulrik Sandberg wrote: >> On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Frank Smith wrote: >> >> >For example, cron started one config at 9:30PM, sent the report >> > email at 11:23PM, and re

sendsize

2002-07-21 Thread Craig Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is it possible to to run sendize and then run amdump later. I have filesize directory that is extremely large and I want to perform the estimation first and then on another day I actually want to flush to tape is this possible. Craig Hancock

Re: Tape labeling question

2002-07-21 Thread Mark Cooke
On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 19:22, Gene Heskett wrote: [..] > In our experience, when the tape is recognized by the drive after > being inserted, the drives compression setting is restored to > whatever was in effect when the tape was last labeled. So as long as as hardware compression is turned