> tapecycle?
> Probably not exactly the same semantics but close enough: it is
> counted in number of tapes instead of days (but together with
> runspercycle and runtapes this becomes equivalent).
> Also amanda will warn a few days in advance when you would overwrite
> the last full dump of disk-list-entry (DLE).


Thanks for the quick response.

Suppose I want to perform one full backup per week, and one day is time
enough to do that for all the clients. All the images fit in 2 tapes.

I defined the following parameters:

        dumpcycle = 1 week
        runspercycle = 1
        tapecycle = 4

Are these values OK? Assume that the backups will take exactly 2 tapes.
What will happen after the first week? The 2 used tapes will be overwritten?
Or the 2 non-used tapes will be preferred and the used ones will be only used
on the 3rd week?

Thank you