Hi Martin Please check over
So create in /etc/amanda/MonthlySet1/amanda.conf dumpcycle 0 weeks # the number of days in the normal dump cycle runspercycle 1 # One run per month tapecycle 12 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation 12 per Year. In my crontab for amanda user # sudo -u amanda crontab -e # Backup check running amcheck at 4.30pm on the 2nd day of each and every month. 30 16 2 1-12 * /usr/sbin/amcheckMonthlySet1 # Backup dump running amdump at 18.30pm on the 2nd day of each and every month. 30 18 2 1-12 * /usr/sbin/amdump MonthlySet1 Thus label 12 Monthly tapes MonthlySet101 to MonthlySet112. Tobe pulled and archived accordingly. On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 14:55 +0100, Martin Hepworth wrote: > > dumpcycle 4 weeks # the number of days in the normal dump > cycle > > runspercycle 1 # One run per month > > tapecycle 12 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation 12 per > Year. -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator Chuck Amadi The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Email chuck.smtl.co.uk Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830