On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 10:27:44AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have indeed a tapecycle 4 configuration > Is there a way to make sevral backup a day but still have the same > behaviour as if those backups were made one per day? (without playing > wit the date of the computer) >
You can run several backups a day just fine. However you must not use more tapes than your tapecycle is. And to be careful and prepared for disaster: Have always three generations handy. I _recommend_ to have at least: 3 * runspercycle * runtapes Tapes. man amanda says: For instance, if dumpcycle is set to 14 days, one Amanda run is done every day (Sunday through Satur day), and runtapes is set to one, then tapecycle must be at least 15 (14 days * one run/day * one tape/run + one tape). E.g. you are testing with dumpcycle 1 and up to 4 runs a day, you need 5 tapes as _absolute minimum_ (and then you are depending on each tape!) and 12 for a warm and fuzzy feeling. > I took a look at the mail I received, but it didn't mention anything > wrong. See below for the whole mail. Overflowing the tapecycle in just one day is apparently not prohibited :-(( Ciao Dietmar -- Dietmar Goldbeck, Senior Consultant, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Neteligent GmbH, http://www.neteligent.de/ Walter-Benjamin-Platz 6, 10629 Berlin, Germany fon: +49 (0)30/310182-73, fax: +49 (0)30/310182-79