>I often have systems about to go through scheduled hardware maintenance, and
>I want to run a one-time level 0 backup of it prior to the maintenance and
>outside of its normal schedule. Once the maintenance is successful, this
>particular backup isn't needed any longer.  I've created a configuration for
>it, and I'm just wondering if amanda will work correctly with:
>
>dumpcycle 1

I would use "dumpcycle 0" and I'd also "amadmin <config> force <host>"
before the run, just to make sure Amanda was paying attention :-).

>runspercycle 1

You can ignore this.  With a zero (or one) dumpcycle, runspercycle does
not really mean anything.

>tapecycle 1
>
>and allow me to re-use the tape for the same thing next time.  Just trying
>to avoid having to do an amrmtape & amlabel every time...

I set up a test case like the above and it appears to work just fine.

Thanks for the tip.  That's a useful setup and I'll see if I can get
it into the docs.

>David Carter

John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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