ok. but doesn't amanda get confuse with two configs? sergio
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 13:32, Frank Smith wrote: > --On Friday, March 21, 2003 13:13:06 -0500 Sergio Pereira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > I'm trying to setup amanda to backup 52 weeks with incremental daily and > > every week a full backup. My amanda.conf shows like: > > > > dumpcycle 7 > > runspercycle 5 > > tapecycle 55 tapes > > > > for sure I'm doing something wrong .. what is it? > > when I run amadmin to check the due date for each disk I get: > > > > Due in 367 days: backupserver:/etc > > Due in 361 days: backupserver:/var > > Due in 362 days: backupserver:/home > > > > question: how do I modify my amanda.conf to meet my 52 weeks > > configuration? > > To have a years worth of backups, you would need a tapecycle of > at least 5 * 52 = 260 tapes. > > Maybe you need two separate configs, one always-full running weekly > with a tapecycle of at least 52 tapes, and one running daily with > at least 5 tapes (using your runspercycle). > > Frank > > > > > thx all, > > > > sergio > > > > > > -- --