On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 12:46:36PM -0800, Ping Wing wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I have TSL-11000 drive with only 1 dds4 tape.

Only ONE tape.  Amanda was designed with the expectation
of a substantial number of tapes used in a rotation.

> 
> When drive is unloaded, like this:
> 
> # mtx -f /dev/sg1 status
>   Storage Changer /dev/sg1:1 Drives, 8 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
> Data Transfer Element 0:Empty
>       Storage Element 1:Empty
>       Storage Element 2:Empty
>       Storage Element 3:Empty
>       Storage Element 4:Empty
>       Storage Element 5:Empty
>       Storage Element 6:Empty
>       Storage Element 7:Empty
>       Storage Element 8:Full 
> 
> 
> and I do amdump everthing runs fine.
> Now I do amdump again and it complains that new tape was not found in rack.

The minimum number of tapes you will rotate is listed
in the "tapecycle" parameter of amanda.conf.  If that
number is more than one, then amanda is looking for
the next "new", i.e. not previously used by amanda, tape


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