On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Chris Karakas wrote:
> The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> >
> > how/where would I set this?
> >
> > I want to set up my backups so that:
> >
> > Monday, week 1 - level 0
> > Tue->Sun - level 2
> > Monday, week 2 - level 1
> > Tue->Sun - level 2
> > Monday, week 3 - level 1
> > Tue->sun - level 2
> > Monday, week 4 - level 0
> > etc ...
> >
> > I haven't found anything so far that allows me to base scheduales like
> > that ... is there?
> >
>
> No. Even if there were one, it would be some combination of multiple
> configurations with different strategies in the dumptypes, the same
> disklist file and a complicated cron arrangement that runs them in the
> right day of the right week... Why bother so much?
>
> AMANDA is designed to take care of the levels herself. And she does the
> job very well, so you might consider to let her decide on the levels.
> You will discover that your life has become a little simpler in this
> complicated world ;-)
Actually, as I read further into this, I'm starting to understand better
what Amanda is, and am growing more and more impressed with her. Already,
I'm working on work to move as much of our backup system over to Amanda
from Legato as I can *muhahahaha*
