> On Nov 21, 2018, at 2:09 PM, Chris Miller <c...@tryx.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
> From: "Chris Miller" <c...@tryx.org>
> To: "amanda-users" <amanda-users@amanda.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 11:55:21 AM
> Subject: Reusable
> I'm also still fighting AMANDA about how to manage vtapes, but I'm developing
> more focused questions. For example, my test runs are reporting:
>
> NOTES:
> taper: Slot 13 with label Mail.TCLC.org-13 is not reusable
>
> So, how do I designate a slot as having a volume that is re-usable?
> This is a "Type II" error, meaning that the error is my thinking that it is
> an error. Apparently this message means something other then I thought,
> because as I continue my blitz, these tapes cycle just fine.
>
> There is a new question, however. AMANDA warned me as I approached the
> overwrite of slot0, which was the first backup, and consequently a level 0
> dump. Apparently AMANDA thought it was my only level 0 dump. My config
> defines:
> dumpcycle 1week
> runspercycle 7
> tapecycle 21
>
> I thought I was requesting level 0 once every seven, but apparently not.
>
> Thanks for the help,
> --
> Chris.
>
I agree that I think you are requesting level 0 once every week. Have you run
for 21 days? Even if you manually did extra runs, it looks at the date stamp.
So it hasn’t been tricked into doing extra level 0’s.
(At least, I don’t recall that this conversation has taken more than 3 weeks).
Try setting tapecycle to 7 while you are testing. Or even lower, but
then change the other numbers too.
Deb
