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6 amtape - user interface to Amanda tape changer controls
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9 amtape config command [command_options...] [-o configoption]...
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12 Amtape performs tape changer control operations. It uses the underlying
13 tape changer script defined by the tpchanger option for a particular
14 Amanda configuration as specified by the config argument.
15 Tape changers maintain a notion of the current and next slot for each
17 configuration. These may or may not correspond to an actual physical
18 state of the device, but do tend to minimize searching through the tape
19 storage slots. If the desired tape is in the current slot, it is likely
20 the next tape needed is in the next slot rather than at some random
21 position in the storage slots.
22 See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
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26 reset
27 Reset the tape changer to a known state. The current slot is set to
28 the first slot. Other device-specific side effects may occur. Some
29 gravity stackers need to be reset to the top position by hand. This
30 command notifies Amanda the stacker is back in that position.
31 eject
33 If a tape is loaded in the drive, it is ejected and returned to the
34 slot from which it was loaded.
35 clean
37 If a cleaning tape is defined for the changer, it is used to clean
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39 show
41 Show the contents of all slots. This can be slow.
42 label label
44 Search for and load the Amanda tape with label label.
45 taper
47 Perform the taper scan algorithm. Load the next tape in the
48 configuration's tape sequence, or a fresh tape with a suitable
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50 device
52 Display the name of the current tape device on stdout.
53 current
55 Display the current slot.
56 update
58 Update the changer label database, if it has one, to match the
59 tapes now available.
60 slot slot
62 Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape
63 from slot slot and reset current.
64 slot current
66 Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape
67 from the current slot.
68 slot prev
70 Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape
71 from the previous slot and reset current.
72 slot next
74 Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape
75 from the next slot and reset current.
76 slot first
78 Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape
79 from the first slot and reset current.
80 slot last
82 Eject any tape in the drive and put it away, then load the tape
83 from the last slot and reset current.
84 slot advance
86 Eject any tape in the drive and put it away. Advance current to the
87 next tape, but do not load it.
88 -o configoption
90 See the "CONFIGURATION OVERWRITE" section in amanda(8).
91 This is useful with non-gravity stackers to unload the last tape used
93 and set up Amanda for the next run. If you just use eject, the current
94 tape will be mounted again in the next run, where it will be rejected
95 as being still in use, ejected and the next tape requested. Using slot
96 next followed by eject does an unnecessary mount.
97 Note: most changers optimize the slot commands to not eject the loaded
99 tape if it is the one being requested.
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102 James da Silva, <jds@amanda.org> : Original text
103 Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the
105 Amanda-documentation: XML-conversion
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109 02/07/2007 AMTAPE(8)