tuning dumpcycle, runspercycle, and tapecycle

2005-02-13 Thread David Newman
Greetings. For backups to a server with one DLT-IV drive, I would like to change the tape once per week. During the week, I would like to do one full backup on day 1, and incremental backups on days 2-5. To do this, I set dumpcycle 1 week and runspercycle 5 and tapecycle 1 tapes. However, in

Re: tuning dumpcycle, runspercycle, and tapecycle

2005-02-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 February 2005 12:02, David Newman wrote: Greetings. For backups to a server with one DLT-IV drive, I would like to change the tape once per week. During the week, I would like to do one full backup on day 1, and incremental backups on days 2-5. To do this, I set dumpcycle 1 week

Can tapes be grouped for different types of back-up?

2005-02-13 Thread Erik P. Olsen
Until recently I had a DDS3 tape streamer. Then it broke down a few weeks ago and I bought a DDS4 tape streamer. I therefore have a lot of DDS3 tapes which I like to use for incremental back-ups because the new tape streamer can also handle DDS3 tapes. I will then ear mark the DDS4 tapes for full

Re: Can tapes be grouped for different types of back-up?

2005-02-13 Thread Gavin Henry
On Sunday 13 Feb 2005 21:43, you wrote: Until recently I had a DDS3 tape streamer. Then it broke down a few weeks ago and I bought a DDS4 tape streamer. I therefore have a lot of DDS3 tapes which I like to use for incremental back-ups because the new tape streamer can also handle DDS3 tapes. I

Re: tuning dumpcycle, runspercycle, and tapecycle

2005-02-13 Thread David Newman
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 13 February 2005 12:02, David Newman wrote: Greetings. For backups to a server with one DLT-IV drive, I would like to change the tape once per week. During the week, I would like to do one full backup on day 1, and incremental backups on days 2-5.

Re: Can tapes be grouped for different types of back-up?

2005-02-13 Thread Glenn English
On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 22:43 +0100, Erik P. Olsen wrote: Until recently I had a DDS3 tape streamer. Then it broke down a few weeks ago and I bought a DDS4 tape streamer. I therefore have a lot of DDS3 tapes which I like to use for incremental back-ups because the new tape streamer can also

Re: tuning dumpcycle, runspercycle, and tapecycle

2005-02-13 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 03:20:14PM -0800, David Newman wrote: On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 13 February 2005 12:02, David Newman wrote: This isn't so good; again, I'm looking for one full dump and four incremental dumps on each tape. (FWIW, the server in question is

Re: tuning dumpcycle, runspercycle, and tapecycle

2005-02-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 February 2005 18:20, David Newman wrote: On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 13 February 2005 12:02, David Newman wrote: Greetings. For backups to a server with one DLT-IV drive, I would like to change the tape once per week. During the week, I would like to do one

Re: tuning dumpcycle, runspercycle, and tapecycle

2005-02-13 Thread Steve Wray
David Newman wrote: On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 13 February 2005 12:02, David Newman wrote: Greetings. For backups to a server with one DLT-IV drive, I would like to change the tape once per week. During the week, I would like to do one full backup on day 1, and incremental

Re: tuning dumpcycle, runspercycle, and tapecycle

2005-02-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 February 2005 20:27, Steve Wray wrote: David Newman wrote: On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 13 February 2005 12:02, David Newman wrote: Greetings. For backups to a server with one DLT-IV drive, I would like to change the tape once per week. During the week, I

Re: Can tapes be grouped for different types of back-up?

2005-02-13 Thread Toomas Aas
Erik P. Olsen wrote: Until recently I had a DDS3 tape streamer. Then it broke down a few weeks ago and I bought a DDS4 tape streamer. I therefore have a lot of DDS3 tapes which I like to use for incremental back-ups because the new tape streamer can also handle DDS3 tapes. Note that although DDS4

Re: Can tapes be grouped for different types of back-up?

2005-02-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 February 2005 16:43, Erik P. Olsen wrote: Until recently I had a DDS3 tape streamer. Then it broke down a few weeks ago and I bought a DDS4 tape streamer. I therefore have a lot of DDS3 tapes which I like to use for incremental back-ups because the new tape streamer can also handle