$amflush config

or alter the config/tapelist file so that the required OurName-C-Mon is at
the bottom (although this is less desirable)

thanks

> Hello,
>
> We have a four-week, five days per week cycle:
>
>     dumpcycle 7 days
>     runspercycle 5
>     tapecycle 20 tapes
>
> These twenty tapes are named OurName-A-Mon, OurName-A-Tue, ...,
> OurName-A-Fri, OurName-B-Mon, ..., OurName-D-Fri (in other words, the
> letters A, B, C, D refer to weeks in the four-week cycle):
>
> Week 1: A-Mon on Monday, A-Tue on Tuesday, A-Wed on Wednesday etc.
> Week 2: B-Mon on Monday, B-Tue on Tuesday etc.
> Week 3: C-Mon ... C-Fri
> Week 4: D-Mon ... D-Fri
>
> Last Friday, we were due to use OurName-B-Fri, but because of a disk
> space problem in /var/log, the job failed.  AMANDA is still expecting to
> use OurName-B-Fri, rather than OurName-C-Mon which would be part of the
> usual schedule.  After putting OurName-C-Mon in the drive, amcheck
> produces this:
>
>     ERROR: cannot overwrite active tape OurName-C-Mon
>            (expecting tape OurName-B-Fri or a new tape)
>
> Tried a suggestion I found in the AMANDA FAQ, which was to set
> OurName-B-Fri as "no-reuse" so that it wouldn't ask for it, but this
> still wouldn't make it want to use OurName-C-Mon:
>
>     ERROR: cannot overwrite active tape CRUK-Weekly-C-Mon
>            (expecting a new tape)
>
> What can I try here?  Basically, the contents of both OurName-B-Fri and
> OurName-C-Mon are 'disposable', since they are both due to be
> overwritten in any case.
>
> Comments suggesting that "using the day-of-the-week in the label is a
> bad idea" won't be considered helpful, although I have a feeling that
> may be something I'll hear ... :-)
>
> Dave.
> -- 
> Dave Ewart
> Dave.Ewart AT cancer.org DOT uk
> Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford
> Cancer Research UK
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