config 1 backup from monday to friday
config 2 backup on sunday
So evry client as it's own /etc/dumpdates and if i'll try to restore
data for thursday, (i suppose backup is a level 1)
amanda will need the level 0, ask /etc/amandates, and so ask for two
tape the last incremental tape and an other one but which tape ?
on tape from the config 1 ?
or the last level 0 from config 1 ?
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>
> On Apr 2, 2001, verdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> >I wanted to perform a FULL dump each sunday during 10 weeks
> >>
> >> Jason is correct that you want "dumpcycle 0" to force the full dumps.
> >>
> >> I just wanted to add that if these clients are also being backed up
> >> with another configuration (e.g. daily), you want to add "record no"
> >> to the dumptype so the two do not get crossed up.
>
> > i probably didn't have this problem because the daily backup are onto on
> > cycle which exclude the week-end (i'm doing full backup during the
> > week-end)
>
> Nope. You just failed to notice you have a problem. When doing a
> full restore, you may notice restore may complain that a level 2
> backup done on Monday is not based on the level 1 ran on Friday, but
> on the archive full backup done on Sunday.
>
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