At 04:01 PM 8/28/2001, Kurt Yoder wrote:
>Hello
>My level 0 dumps seem to be getting overwritten. I run amadmin and see
>only level 1 dumps:
>[...]
>Am I setting up my configuration file correctly? I've got:
>
>dumpcycle 7 days
>runspercycle 6
>tapecycle 2 tapes
So you're telling Amanda to make sure she has a full (level 0) backup of
everything at least every 7 days, spread into 6 runs. But you're only
giving her 2 tapes! *Buy more tapes!* Really.
>I've got a third tape in my tapelist so I can flush dumps from my
>holding disk. I'm trying to do 6 backups every 7 days (the 7th day has a
>weekly backup set that isn't part of this configuration) using two tapes
>(alternate between them).
If you absolutely have to stick with two tapes, you pretty much need to do
full dumps every run to be safe. (Take for instance the case where tape1
has level0's, tape2 has level1's, you go to do level0's on tape1 again and
there's an error and the tape is fubar'd. You've just lost all hope of a
restore.) Use 'dumpcycle 0' in the dumptype to force level 0's.
>I must be setting up my "numbers" wrong, or?
Or you need more tapes!
>Thanks!
>-Kurt
Darin Dugan
System Support Specialist
Iowa State University Extension
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