Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:

>> Tell amanda exactly that:
>>       amadmin <config> no-reuse tape06 tape07

> I tried that, but when I run
> amcheck tape
> with the tape08 loaded, Amanda tells me that it can't use this tape as
> there already are datas on it (can't overwrite blahblah, expecting new tape)

I'd venture that you don't have `tapecycle' reusable tapes left, so
amanda really would like a new tape here.  Or else, tape08 has been last
used less than `dumpcycle' ago, so she would like to keep it.  (The
exact error message you get would certainly help to tell which it is.)

Alex

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