Alternatively - configure all DLE to be non-fulls, disable level 0 backups entirely and run cron jobs to force level 0 dumps on particular DLEs. That way you can get level 0 when you want it to occur an no other DLE will advance to a level 0 on its own.
# amadmin config force client DLE -----Original Message----- From: owner-amanda-us...@amanda.org <owner-amanda-us...@amanda.org> On Behalf Of Charles Curley Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2018 12:31 PM To: amanda-users <amanda-users@amanda.org> Subject: Re: Configuration confusion ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 09:03:00 -0800 (PST) Chris Miller <c...@tryx.org> wrote: > If I run three backups, serial or otherwise, then do they know about > each other? Meaning, is AMANDA smart enough to know not to run more > than one level 0 dump per night? The problem is that level 0 backups > take several hours and if I run multiple then I will still be > completing last nights backup when everybody comes in the next > morning. That would be embarrassing. "Sorry, I didn't complete my work > last night, so you can't continue yours." Ah, that helps. My experience is in a SOHO environment, so take with the salt shaker handy. The different configurations don't know about each other at all. So you could in theory have a night in which all three run level 0 backups. The only way I know to get that kind of co-ordination is to have one configuration which then backs up all three machines. Unfortunately your requirement not to mix the backups due to custodial and security requirements may kill that idea. Another thing to look at is to break your DLEs up into lots of smaller DLEs. You'll get more level 0 backups, but they'll be spread around the week more evenly. Or consider having a longer tape cycle. That means fewer level 0 backups in any one week. -- "When we talk of civilization, we are too apt to limit the meaning of the word to its mere embellishments, such as arts and sciences; but the true distinction between it and barbarism is, that the one presents a state of society under the protection of just and well-administered law, and the other is left to the chance government of brute force." - The Rev. James White, Eighteen Christian Centuries, 1889 Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB https://charlescurley.com
