From: Gene Heskett Sent: May 31, 2009 11:24
> On Sunday 31 May 2009, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote:
> >From: Gene Heskett Sent: May 27, 2009 20:56
> >> On Wednesday 27 May 2009, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote:
> >> >
> >> >6. My first amdump started with tape 5 and then the next went to 1
> >> >   and then back to 5 and now just uses 5 (and does not dump
> >> >    anything).
> >>
> >> Inspect the tapelist at your /build/path/etc/amanda/DailySet1/,
> >> usually
> >> /usr/local/etc/amanda/, something went agaga.  It sounds as if
> >> there are only
> >> 2 entries, where there should be 5.  Amlabel originates that
> >> file, and amdump
> >> shuffles the list as they are used.
> >
> >There were definitely 5 entries. I think the problem was that it did
> >a level 0 and then an (empty) level 1. Each subsequent amdump was also
> >empty hence the re-use of the tape.
> >
> Humm, amanda will NOT reuse a tape until 'tapecycle' tapes have been
> used.

Would that hold true if the incremental was empty? Would amanda know
that it was safe to reuse it or am I trying to read more intelligence
into the scheduling mechanism then is there?

TIA

Regards, Hugh

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Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com