We always run amcheck -m from cron - if the tapes are out of
sequence we notice (also someone reads the amdump output which
lists both current and next tapes).

> On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 04:51:18PM +0000, Dave Ewart wrote:
> > On Monday, 01.12.2003 at 11:32 -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> > 
> > > I think if you reduce your tapecycle, say to 15, then it will use any
> > > tape used less recently than the last 15.  You can still cycle 20
> > > tapes and it will ask for them in sequence.  I think it may still ask
> > > for the missed tape until it is finally used.  Or you can "no reuse"
> > > it until it is due.  Since you will still have more than the "15"
> > > tapecycle tapes in use it will not ask for a "new tape".
> > 
> > Sounds good - I've done:
> > 
> >     (i) Set OurName-B-Fri to be 'no-reuse';
> >     
> >     (ii) Reduced tapecycle to 18 (just being cautious!);
> > 
> > and amcheck at least now asks for the tape I want to use ...
> 
> Remember to set a calendar reminder to reactivate it.
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