BRINER Cedric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> The idea to balance the dumps during the dumpcycle is to keep constant
> the among of data archived by run on the tape.
> One of the problem I get is that the first run i launch will do a full
> dump for every host. So that mean that the first tape will have about
> "runspercycle" times more data to save than an other one. Basically, the
> probleme appear because we are in transitory state (without backup state
> to a backup state).
>
> So in my case where I ONLY use one tape without any changer, is it
> important for me to spread the first full dumps in the dumpcycle..
I suppose that "one tape" means a single tape drive with multiple tape
cartridges feed by hand.
> How can I achieve this ??
>
> Thx again for the previous help on the Dump Strategy topic
Cedric,
Amanda has no other choice than to postpone some level 0 dumps to
later tapes. Amanda cries loud about that, but you can ignore it. IMO
it's better to leave the scheduling to Amanda. You can tweak what gets
level 0's first with the priority parameter in the dump type or
directly in the disk list file.
HTH,
Johannes Niess
