amtape
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Name
-amtape \14 user interface to AMANDA tape changer controls
+amtape \14 user interface to Amanda tape changer controls
Synopsis
DESCRIPTION
Amtape performs tape changer control operations. It uses the underlying tape
-changer script defined by the tpchanger option for a particular AMANDA
+changer script defined by the tpchanger option for a particular Amanda
configuration as specified by the config argument.
Tape changers maintain a notion of the current and next slot for each
configuration. These may or may not correspond to an actual physical state of
the device, but do tend to minimize searching through the tape storage slots.
If the desired tape is in the current slot, it is likely the next tape needed
is in the next slot rather than at some random position in the storage slots.
-See the amanda(8) man page for more details about AMANDA.
+See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
COMMANDS
Reset the tape changer to a known state. The current slot is set to the
first slot. Other device-specific side effects may occur. Some gravity
stackers need to be reset to the top position by hand. This command
- notifies AMANDA the stacker is back in that position.
+ notifies Amanda the stacker is back in that position.
eject
If a tape is loaded in the drive, it is ejected and returned to the slot
Show the contents of all slots. This can be slow.
label label
- Search for and load the AMANDA tape with label label.
+ Search for and load the Amanda tape with label label.
taper
Perform the taper scan algorithm. Load the next tape in the
tape, but do not load it.
This is useful with non-gravity stackers to unload the last tape used and set
-up AMANDA for the next run. If you just use eject, the current tape will be
+up Amanda for the next run. If you just use eject, the current tape will be
mounted again in the next run, where it will be rejected as being still in use,
ejected and the next tape requested. Using slot next followed by eject does an
unnecessary mount.
AUTHOR
James da Silva, <jds@amanda.org> : Original text
-Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the AMANDA-documentation:
+Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the Amanda-documentation:
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SEE ALSO