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