On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 05:58:26PM +0530, Rohit enlightened us: > > This is what I understoond by the terms "dumpcycle", "runspercycle" & > "tapecycle". Please correct me if I have misunderstood these terms. > > dumpcycle 2 weeks: > Full backups of all shares will be done once in every 2 > weeks (or 10 days - excluding weekends (sat/sun)) >
Almost. A full backup of each share will be done *at least* once every 2 weeks. Sometimes amanda will schedule a level 0 sooner if it will help balance out tape use. > runspercycle 10: > amdump runs 10 days a for dumpcycle of 2 weeks (or 10 days dumpcycle) > > tapecycle 20 tapes: > number of tapes to use per dumpcycle of 2 weeks. 10 tapes X 2 dumpcycles = > 20 tapes. > > Did I understand this right? > Yep. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263