Gerhard den Hollander wrote:
> * Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:39:21AM -0200)
>
>> On Feb 13, 2001, Gerhard den Hollander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>>> I have indeed 25 tapes in my tapelist.
>>> Im lazy, and Id like to have a list of 5 tapes (so that I can take the
>>> tapes for a whole week, stack them, next to the tapedrive, and use them in
>>> whatever order I please.
>>> What is the trick to get this done ?
>>
>
>> Set tapecycle to 21. Then, any of the 5 oldest tapes will be
>> overwritable.
>
>
> I just did that, and then I get this:
>
> # amadmin lto tape
> The next Amanda run should go onto tape LTO020 or a new tape.
>
> Am I missing something ?
>
> My tapelist file counts 25 tapes (LTO001 to LTO025)
I had a similar (understanding) problem, but without a changer.
Just run amcheck with one of the tapes you want to overwrite.
Amanda only *expects* lto020, but will overwrite any non-active tape,
according to your tapecycle setting.
Simon
