On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 02:13:07PM +0100, Per Nothagen, Triacon AB wrote:
> I run a full unattended backup each night and would want Amanda to not 
> check so carefully which tape I use. The tape label should match the 
> labelstr parameter but it should not complain if I put the wrong tape 
> number in the tape device. For example if I forget to replace the tape one 
> day I prefer that it re-uses that tape during the next day, rather then 
> having no backup made that night.

IIRC, you can use as many tapes as you want as long as they are equal
or greater than "tapecycle".  I think if you set your tapecycle to 1
you will be responsible for the ordering.

Of course you will be responsible for not overwriting your only
or last level 0's too.

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