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.

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