At 11:51 14-02-2002 +0100, Juanjo wrote: >I have 9 slot autoloader, on slot 9 I have cleaning tape, well, my >dumpcycle is one week, and tapecycle is 8. > >My idea was doing incrementals during weekdays and full backup on weekend. >I have been reading around and seems that amanda works different. So.. in >order to achieve such a configuration, what kind of dumptype should I >declare in amanda.conf ?
That's a common thing when configuring amanda. You dont configure amanda to do full/incremental dump of disk Y at day X. Within a dumpcycle you are guarenteed a full dump of all disks plus incremental dumps. Amanda does a good job of planning the backup - let her do her thing ;) All you need to do is ensure that a dumpcycle contains ample room for a full dump of all disks plus, say, 10-20% extra for incrementals. (make sure the size of a single disk does not exceed capacity of single tape) Best, Kasper
