2005/6/29, Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>:
> 
> I set the value of tapecycle to less than the tapes actually in
> rotation, 18 rather than 24 (6 per week).  Then if there is a bad
> read, or simply like your case, something unexplained, amanda is
> willing to use any of the 6 tapes least recently used.  So if there
> is a bad read, for whatever reason, amanda goes to the next slot
> to see if that tape is one of the 6.
> 

Can I set that tapecycle value to 18 while my config is running ? Will
it continue asking me for older tapes ?

Thanks for all the other suggestions you made. 

If you could also tell me where you ended up putting "sleep" command
in the mtx script, that would be nice of you.

Thanks again