On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 03:15:04PM -0500, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 at 8:05pm, C Shore wrote > > >I'm wondering if amanda can handle having two different configurations > >which are used on alternating two week periods. I know I could set up > >DailySet1 and DailySet2 and a crontab that ran DailySet1 for the first > >two weeks of the month and DailySet2 for the next two, but I'm not how > >well amanda will deal with the two week gap between dumps. > > Hrm. It seems like: > > dumpcycle 4 weeks > runspercycle 12 > tapecycle 14 >
What does two "identical" configs buy you that you don't get from a single config where 1/2 the tapes are moved offsite bi-weekly? Or even better (IMNSHO) a dumpcycle of 1 week with 1/4 of the tapes moved offsite weekly. As to how well amanda will handle the 2 week gap, I'd guess badly. I base that on reports of people who have things like a 1 week dumpcycle, but dump only 3 (MWF) or 5 (M-F) times a week. After the weekend gap, the Monday dump is always unbalanced. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)