I often have systems about to go through scheduled hardware maintenance, and
I want to run a one-time level 0 backup of it prior to the maintenance and
outside of its normal schedule. Once the maintenance is successful, this
particular backup isn't needed any longer. I've created a configuration for
it, and I'm just wondering if amanda will work correctly with:
dumpcycle 1
I would use dumpcycle 0 and I'd also amadmin config force host
before the run, just to make sure Amanda was paying attention :-).
runspercycle 1
You can ignore this. With a zero (or one) dumpcycle, runspercycle does
not really mean anything.
tapecycle 1
and allow me to re-use the tape for the same thing next time. Just trying
to avoid having to do an amrmtape amlabel every time...
I set up a test case like the above and it appears to work just fine.
Thanks for the tip. That's a useful setup and I'll see if I can get
it into the docs.
David Carter
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
