The amanda configuration I'm planning to put live this week includes these
entries in amanda.conf:

dumpcycle 0 (to force a full backup on every run, because all our data fit
comfortably onto a single tape every night, and amdump only runs for 4.5
hours)
runspercycle 5 days (to do an amdump each day Monday to Friday)
tapecycle 21 tapes (to have 4 weeks' worth of "historical backups" + one
extra tape for good measure)

How do I now handle taking out one tape a month for long-term archiving?  

If my tapes are labelled daily-1, daily-2, etc., then how do I take out one
tape a month but make sure that this doesn't confuse amanda, and that I will
be able to restore from that tape in the future?  

Do I add a new tape each time in my numbering sequence?  

Can I reuse tape labels but somehow cause amanda to not overwrite the
information needed to do restores from the archived tapes?

Your insights will be much appreciated.
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