Nicky Haan wrote:
>
> I want to run a backup of our 2 servers and a few windows clients.
> I want to do a 2 week cycle which does 2 backups of the whole system in
> those 2 weeks.
> How should i label my tapes and what are the settings for amanda.conf ?
> thanx in advance
There are no restrictions on labelling, unless *you* pose one in
amanda.conf ("labelstr" parameter).
Two backups of the whole system in two weeks means one full backup of
the system per week (I'am still good at mathematics ;-) ) => dumpcycle =
1 week. (Of course, striktly speaking, this is not necessary, because to
get 2 full backups in two weeks there are more possibilities than just
the suggested "one full backup per week" way, but I doubt you could
achieve this in AMANDA otherwise).
The rest is up to you:
- How often do you want to run AMANDA - once per week, every day...? =>
runspercycle.
- How many tapes do you want to use each time you run it - 1, 10...? =>
runtapes. But be careful: you could choose runtapes to be 1, but if you
choose runspercycle to be 1 (meaning AMANDA should run only once per
dumpcycle), then runtapes should be enough tapes to backup all your
system on one run!
- How many tapes do you want to commit to this operation - 15, 20...? =>
tapecycle. But you are not totally free here either: tapecycle should be
*at least* runspercycle times runtapes plus a few tapes more (for
unforseeable events). There is no upper limit however - except your
budget :-)
For the rest of the settings, read the comments in amanda.conf. If you
still don't come through, read http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html,
study the FAQ and search this lists's archives.
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Regards
Chris Karakas
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