want only full dumps (strategy noinc)

2001-04-11 Thread Julian R C Briggs
Dear All, I want to use "strategy noinc" with an "archive" configuration, to get full dumps only. We run 2 configurations: 1. "normal" daily backup with a dumpcycle of 25 tapes (~1 month). 2. "archive" weekly backup with a dumpcycle of 150 tapes (~3 years). We dump ~120Gb onto With software

Re: want only full dumps (strategy noinc)

2001-04-12 Thread Julian R C Briggs
John and Paul, Thanks for your responses. >>Sadly the Amanda 2.4.1 change log (fragment appended) shows >>"strategy noinc" is not implemented yet (see below). >John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >But it does appear to be in 2.4.2. Great. I will try upgrading to 2

Re: want only full dumps (strategy noinc)

2001-04-17 Thread Julian R C Briggs
John, Thanks for your comments. >>... I will try upgrading to 2.4.2. > >Note that the current release is 2.4.2p2, and there is a patch beyond >that on the patches web page which may or may not apply to your site. Thanks. Yes I have upgraded to 2.4.2p2 (the advfs.patch is not applicable). >>.

Re: want only full dumps (strategy noinc)

2001-04-18 Thread Julian R C Briggs
John, Thanks for your further comments. >>Thanks. Yes I have upgraded to 2.4.2p2 (the advfs.patch is not >>applicable). > >The advfs.patch does more than just fix problems with advfs. It also >deals with some Linux LABEL= issues in /etc/fstab. It may still not >apply to your setup, but just i

Re: want only full dumps (strategy noinc)

2001-04-19 Thread Julian R C Briggs
>From: Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 19 Apr 2001 18:48:47 -0300 >On Apr 18, 2001, Julian R C Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> How do others archive a set of large filesystems onto a set of small >> tapes? > >If filesystems are larger