>When I run amcheck it sits there and changes tapes even though it finds
>empty ones.
It's probably looking for the so called "exact match", which is the
oldest tape in the tapelist file.
>If I increase the tapecycle it works fine. However, I would like to
>start reusing tapes if possible.
>
>I have 70 DLT IV tapes (I want to keep some for archival) and my config
>(relavent section) looks like this:
Does Amanda know about all 70 tapes, i.e. does tapelist have 70 lines?
Are you marking some of the tapes "no-reuse" with amadmin?
By "start reusing tapes", do you mean you want it to start back at the
start of the 70, minus the ones you've "kept for archival"?
>dumpcycle 10 weeks
>runspercycle 50
10 weeks??? You really only want a full dump every 10 weeks? That's got
to be the largest cycle time I've ever seen. What was the logic behind
this?
I'm not saying it's wrong. Just unusual.
>tapecycle 57 tapes
This tells Amanda to cycle through the 57 tapes in the tapelist file
that are marked "reuse". If there are not that many tapes listed,
it will request a new tape.
>Mike
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
