--On Monday, June 23, 2003 14:10:58 -0400 lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brian Cuttler wrote: >> You have a tape cycle of 10, what is your dump cycle ? Certain less than >> 10, hopefully less than 5. 5 given one untouched copy of the your level >> 0 backup while the older level 0 is being overwritten (assuming a single >> level 0 per dump cycle). > > the dump cycle, runs per cycle, and tape cycle are 10. > > >> What are you trying to do ? > > just ensure there is some kind of snapshot history going back, say three months, in > case i need to reach into the distant past for a file. maybe a once-weekly > snapshot... Clone your daily config but use 'dumpcycle 0' to force full dumps on everything, 'record no' so as not to clobber the dumpdates on your daily runs, and a different log/index directory and tape labels than your normal run. If you make the disklist for your archive config a link to the one in your daily config you won't have to remember to update them both when you add something. Frank > > >> Are you looking for periodic level 0 that are outside of the >> normal tape pool or rotation ? > > i think this is what i'm after. perhaps combine this with your suggestion to lower > the dump cycle to < 5 ? can i just change this value in amanda.conf? > -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
