On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 11:45:22PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > What is the purpose of "dating" the tape.
To prevent it from being immediately requested. > I presume 0 indicates not yet used. > Doesn't amanda accept a "new" tape at anytime? Yes. However, in the example presented, the new tape was #6 and we wanted to use #4 next. Since amanda doesn't like reusing old tapes when new tapes are available, #6 needs to be dated manually so that #4 and #5 will be used first.
