Re: Amanda backup levels

2004-04-21 Thread Nicolas Ecarnot
Jeroen Heijungs wrote: Probably very stupid questions, but can someone shed some light on very simple questions: what exactly are the differences between the different levels of backup? I searched the documentation and arcives but so far I have not found the exact definitions. Level n backup is

Re: Amanda backup levels

2004-04-21 Thread Nicolas Ecarnot
Nicolas Ecarnot wrote: Today, I speak to myself : PS. CALLING ALL CARS : Are the guys working on the web frontend reading this e-mail ? http://subwiki.honeypot.net/cgi-bin/view/Computing/AmControl Not tested... -- Nicolas Ecarnot

Re: Amanda backup levels

2004-04-21 Thread Jeroen Heijungs
I asked about the differences between the levels of backup and I got (sofar) two different answers (thanks to you both), so I still do not know for sure: Nicolas Ecarnot wrote: Level n backup is a backup where you save what has changed since the last level n backup. period. Gertjan van Oosten

Re: Amanda backup levels

2004-04-21 Thread Gertjan van Oosten
Hi Jeroen, As quoted from Jeroen Heijungs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: what exactly are the differences between the different levels of backup? A level N backup includes all files modified since the last level M backup where M N. So a level 1 backup includes all files changed since the last level 0

Re: Amanda backup levels

2004-04-21 Thread Gertjan van Oosten
Hi Jeroen, As quoted from Jeroen Heijungs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I asked about the differences between the levels of backup and I got (sofar) two different answers (thanks to you both), so I still do not know for sure: My answer was paraphrased from the ufsdump documentation. Some more

Re: Amanda backup levels

2004-04-21 Thread Nicolas Ecarnot
Jeroen Heijungs wrote: I asked about the differences between the levels of backup and I got (sofar) two different answers (thanks to you both), so I still do not know for sure: Nicolas Ecarnot wrote: Level n backup is a backup where you save what has changed since the last level n backup.

Re: Amanda backup levels

2004-04-21 Thread Gertjan van Oosten
Hi Nicolas, As quoted from Nicolas Ecarnot [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 20040402, to restore a complete system that was set up on january 1th and crashed today, you'll have to provide : - L0 2004 - L1 200404 - L2 20040402 Correct. Salut, -- -- Gertjan van Oosten, [EMAIL PROTECTED], West

Re: Amanda backup levels

2004-04-21 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 10:03:24AM +0200, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote: Level n backup is a backup where you save what has changed since the last level n backup. period. Minor correction: A level N backup saves all files that have changed since the last level N-1 backup. Level 0 gets everything,