On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 12:11, Frank Smith wrote: > --On Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:46:16 -0500 Sergio Pereira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > I'm starting to play win amanda (2.4.4p2) on rh9 and using external hard > > disk as virtual tapes. I was wondering how do I setup amanda to be able > > to retrieve a 1 year old file? in other words, I want to have 1 year bkp > > with level 0 weekly. If someone has any other idea .. pls share.:-) > > > > here's my relevant configuration on amanda.conf: > > > > dumpcycle 7 > > daysrunspercycle 5 > > tapecycle 6 tapes > > runtapes 1 > > tpchanger "chg-disk" > > tapedev "file:/amandavtapes" (this is a entire disk) > > I'm assuming you mean to retrieve a file deleted a year ago, and not a > file deleted yesterday that's been there for a year. > > Your current setup will only let you go back one week. To go > back a year with this setup you would need at least 260 'tapes' > Tapes = (365/dumpcycle)*runspercycle*runtapes >
hmmm .. not goot at all. To maintain all the 260 'tapes' and all the space required will be hard. > It would probably be more practical to set up a second, 'archive' > config to run at some interval (monthly, biweekly, weekly; whatever > period your normal config tapecycle covers) that only does full backups > with a tapecycle that could cover a year. you mean setup another configuration the way it can do a monthly backup. that way I will have 1 config for 'daily' and another for 'mothtly', did I get it right? In this case, how will work when recovering a file/folder? just to clarify, I'm just trying to find the best way to have 1 yr of backup. > > Frank > > > > > my virtual tapes are: (amtape daily show) > > > > slot 2: date 20040311 label daily2 > > slot 3: date 20040311 label daily3 > > slot 4: date 20040311 label daily4 > > slot 5: date 20040311 label daily5 > > slot 6: date 20040310 label daily6 > > slot 1: date 20040311 label daily1 > > thx, Sergio --
