On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 01:03 -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 09:14:43AM -0700, Tom Schutter wrote:
> > Here is my bad attempt at an improvement, please do not use it verbatim:
>
> Here is my attempt at a revision:
> 
>     tapecycle int
>         Default: 15 tapes.  Typically tapes are used by amanda in
>       an ordered rotation.  The tapecycle parameter defines the
>       size of that rotation.  The number of tapes in rotation must
>       be larger than the number of tapes required for a complete
>       dump cycle (see the dumpcycle parameter). This is calculated
>       by multiplying the number of amdump runs per dump cycle
>       (runspercycle parameter) times the number of tapes used per
>       run (runtapes parameter).  Typically two to four times this
>       calculated number of tapes are in rotation.
> 
>       While amanda is always willing to use a new tape in its rotation,
>       it refuses to reuse a tape until at least 'tapecycle' number of
>       other tapes have been used.  It is considered good administrative
>       practice to set the tapecycle parameter slightly lower than the
>       actual number of tapes in rotation.  This allows the administrator
>       to more easily cope with damaged or misplaced tapes or schedule
>       adjustments that call for slight adjustments in the rotation order.

Your attempt is far better than mine, and it says what I meant.

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Tom Schutter (mailto:tom AT platte DOT com)
Platte River Associates, Inc. (http://www.platte.com)