http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/backups_amanda.html
In the example config file we find these strange (wrong) values:
> dumpcycle 3 weeks # the number of days in the normal dump cycle > > runspercycle 8 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days > # (4 weeks * 5 amdump runs per week -- just weekdays) > > tapecycle 12 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation
(as an excuse, they only have dumptypes where "dumpcycle 0" overrides the dumpcycle of 3 weeks - so everything is a full backup, and then "runspercycle" does not matter much any more.)
I'm expecting to get a lot of questions about the meaning and relationships between these three parameters :-) And the comments don't help clarify this either.
Just for the beginners, here are some more reasonable values:
dumpcycle 1 week runspersycle 5 tapecycle 12 tapes
-- Paul Bijnens, Xplanation Tel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6, * * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***********************************************************************
