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-Name
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-amtape \14 user interface to Amanda tape changer controls
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-Synopsis
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-amtape config command [command_options...] [-oconfigoption]...
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-DESCRIPTION
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-Amtape performs tape changer control operations. It uses the underlying tape
-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.
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-COMMANDS
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- reset
- 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.
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- eject
- If a tape is loaded in the drive, it is ejected and returned to the slot
- from which it was loaded.
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- clean
- If a cleaning tape is defined for the changer, it is used to clean the
- drive.
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- show
- Show the contents of all slots. This can be slow.
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- label label
- Search for and load the Amanda tape with label label.
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- taper
- Perform the taper scan algorithm. Load the next tape in the
- configuration's tape sequence, or a fresh tape with a suitable label.
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- device
- Display the name of the current tape device on stdout.
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- current
- Display the current slot.
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- update
- Update the changer label database, if it has one, to match the tapes now
- available.
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- slot slot
- Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from slot
- slot and reset current.
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- slot current
- Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from the
- current slot.
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- slot prev
- Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from the
- previous slot and reset current.
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- slot next
- Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from the
- next slot and reset current.
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- slot first
- Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from the
- first slot and reset current.
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- slot last
- Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape from the
- last slot and reset current.
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- slot advance
- Eject any tape in the drive and put it away. Advance current to the next
- tape, but do not load it.
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- -o configoption
- See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in amanda(8).
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-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
-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.
-Note: most changers optimize the slot commands to not eject the loaded tape if
-it is the one being requested.
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-AUTHOR
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-James da Silva, <jds@amanda.org> : Original text
-Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the Amanda-documentation:
-XML-conversion
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-SEE ALSO
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-amanda(8)
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