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Amanda tape
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Hi,
so it's up to you to tell the tape, that from now on it IS an amanda tape.
amanda comes with a tool to do exactly that, named amlabel.
the format of a valid label can be defined in your amanda.conf-file, a
should help.
the idea is to label all tapes according to your backup-scheme to prevent overwriting a tape if you some day will forget to change the tapes.
ciao,
mbr
so it's up to you to tell the tape, that from now on it IS an amanda tape.
amanda comes with a tool to do exactly that, named amlabel.
the format of a valid label can be defined in your amanda.conf-file, a
Code:
man amlabelthe idea is to label all tapes according to your backup-scheme to prevent overwriting a tape if you some day will forget to change the tapes.
ciao,
mbr
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