[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi, people
>
> In order to perform my 22GB (level 0) i have to use a SONY DDS3,
> but whenever i need to backup everything i have to use that "strategy
> nofull" parameter to perferm incremental backups and then i use "admin XXX
> force XXXX" to force level 0 backups of the filesystem i want, doing that
> i can control wich filesystems will be backed up that day on level 0 and
> doing it allows me to arrange my backup and make it fit my DDS. The main
> problem is that when i use "strategy nofull" amanda is only performing
> level 1 backups.
> I once read something about a patch that could allow me to
> control the backup levels in the way i want to, is there such a thing ??
> Another question, does anybody know if there is any problem on
> performing (forcing) a level 0 backup and in the next 3 days let amanda
> perform only level 1 backups, will this screw my backup integrity, do you
> think i will be able to restore the entire backup ??
>
> Thanks in advanced,
>
>
> Diogo Batista Salgueiro
>
Diogo,
I don't understand what you are trying to achieve. So I'll give some
standard answers:
Case 1:
Your 22 GB are on one physical partition and don't fit on one tape.
The workaround is let tar do the backups and to put several sub
directories as entries in the disk list and to use an exclude list for
the subdirectory entries:
#old:
#server / std dumptype
#new:
server /usr std dumptype
server /home std dumptype
server / custom dumptype
The exclude list in the custom dumptype excludes /usr and /home.
Case 2:
Even after Amanda has leveled out the tape usage after several dump
cycles (if left alone without forces and wrong tapes) you need 2 tapes
per day.
You could just set tapes per day to 2 and amflush the second tape the
next morning.
Or you fiddle with the manual changer script.
Or you could get a bigger tape format and/or a tape changer.
Case 3:
You're trying to be smarter than Amanda. She does not like that :-)
Amanda schedules backup levels on its own to keep the usage of all
tapes at the same level (e.g. all tapes 70% full). If you need more
level 0's on fewer tapes you can reduce the dumpcycle parameter and
use the same nuber of tapes as of now. So in all your tapes you might
have several level 0's of the same file system.
HTH,
Johannes Nie�
