Re: Amanda general question

2002-03-16 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 at 9:52am, Robert SHEN wrote > >>> 3) if I want to apply the following strategy, what config should I put? > >>> Monday full backup for a directory /home/public > >>> Tuesday->Friday incremental backup of /home/public > >>> > >> AGH! :) Why? This has been discussed *man

Amanda and tapeless operation.

2002-03-16 Thread Anders Olausson
Hi, Is it possible to setup Amanda for a complete tapeless operation? I don't have any tapedevice so I want to do my backups to a big disk. How? :) Thanks in advance //Anders

Re: Amanda and tapeless operation.

2002-03-16 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 at 6:53pm, Anders Olausson wrote > Is it possible to setup Amanda for a complete tapeless operation? Yes. > I don't have any tapedevice so I want to do my backups to a big disk. > > How? :) Download 2.4.3b3 and read the relevant bits of man/amanda(8). Also, search the ar

next tape selection?

2002-03-16 Thread Ben Elliston
Hi. How does Amanda decide which tape to use next -- such as when mentioning it in mailed backup reports? "The next tape Amanda expects to use is .." I ask because I have labelled a dozen tapes and, after the first dump is complete, Amanda says "The next tape Amanda expects to use is Daily12