I tried setting tapecycle to 0 tapes and get this:

# su amanda -c "amcheck DailySet1"
"/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf", line 18: tapecycle must be positive
amcheck: errors processing config file
"/etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf"

Keith.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org]
> On Behalf Of Graeme Humphries
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:24 PM
> To: gene.heskett AT verizononline DOT net
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Do Overs
> 
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
> >Yes, amanda will not re-use a tape until tapecycle other tapes have
> >been used.
> >
> >
> >Not recommended, but one could edit the $config/tapelist file to
> >reorder things fresh, but there be dragons there for newbies.
> >
> >
> My recommendation would be to just set tapecycle to 0 until things are
> sorted out, then it'll just use whatever tape is in the changer. ;)
> 
> Graeme