On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 11:59:52AM -0700, Stephen Carville wrote:
> Whenever Amanda has to roll over to a new tape and the first tape in 
> the expected list is missing, the backups fail.  For example, last 
> night, the expected tapes were:
> 
> C83166
> C83259
> C83170
> 
> The tape C83166 was not in the changer so my wrapper script loaded 
> C83259, fired off amdump, and the backup started up fine.  However, 
> when the tape ran out, Amanda tried to load C83166 but couldn't find 
> it and failed.  C83170 was available but Amanda apparently did not 
> try to load it.
> 

When amanda reported the "next 3 tapes amanda expects are:"
was C83170 within that group?

Also, was C83170 used more than 14 tapes ago?

I think unless at least the 2nd condition is met,
that amanda will not use a tape.

> Is there a configuration option I can use to tell Amanda to try the 
> next tape if the desired tape is not avaialble?
 ...
> 
> ---- from amanda.conf ----
> dumpcycle 7 days 
> runspercycle 6
> tapecycle 14 tapes
> runtapes 3
> ---- end  -----
> 
> I actually have 19 tapes allocated for this backup.
> 

I'd say have several more available, but not labeled.
When you are about to encounter that situation,
label a new tape.  Amanda will always take a new tape.

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