Kurt Yoder said: > Hello list > > I wasn't sure I understood how to set the Amanda dumpcycle, runspercycle, > runtapes, and tapecycle correctly, so I wrote a small perl script to check my > logic. It asks a few questions about the number of backups within a certain > time period, whether a changer will be used, etc, and then prints the values > one should set for dumpcycle, runspercycle, runtapes, and tapecycle. Assuming > my thinking is correct, perhaps others on this list could benefit from the > script as well, so I am attaching it...
I refined the script a bit based on feedback from the list. I've posted the updated script to the faq-o-matic at http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/391.html since the mailing list archive strips attachments. If there's interest, I can set up a Sourceforge project, though this is such a small script it hardly seems worth it. -- Kurt Yoder Sport & Health network administrator
