dumpcycle 4 weeks       # the number of days in the normal dump cycle

runspercycle 20         # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days

                        # (4 weeks * 5 amdump runs per week -- just
weekdays)

tapecycle 25 tapes      # the number of tapes in rotation

I have 12 of them labeled and in the tapelist.  
The changer knows to go from slot 19 to 30.

Ray

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Joshua Baker-LePain
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:08 AM
To: Raymond Keckler
Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: RE: change tapes problem

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 at 8:36am, Raymond Keckler wrote

> I changed the runtapes to 5 and it still will not change tapes.  IT
> fills up the first one and then runs out of tape. I am wondering why
the
> next tape it says it needs to use is "a new tape" instead of a tape
> label.

What's your tapecycle, and how many tapes have you labelled?

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University