On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Jay Lessert wrote: > > Amanda first night made llevel 0 next night made level 1 next day > > some partitions stay on level 1 some begin from level 0 and rest made > > level 2? > > That's right. In general, amanda will try to make sure you get: > > 1) At least one level 0 every dumpcycle days. > > 2) At least two level 0's over tapecycle tapes (so that > if a single tape fails there is another level 0, even > if it might be a little old). > > 3) Incrementals (level 1-9) will be used as convenient; the > levels will increase if that is necessary to achieve 1) and > 2). > > You've given amanda an unconventional configuration. You're telling > it: > > dumpcycle 7 days > Give me at least one level 0 on each disklist entry every 7 days > (this part is conventional). > > runspercycle 9 > Over that 7 days, I intend to run amdump 9 times. That part is > unconventional.
But if I wont to run 7 times in 7 days? This is conditional? > The usual use for runspercycle != dumpcycle would be something like > dumpcycle=7, runspercycle=5 (e.g, I want a level 0 every week, but > I'm only going to run amdump on Monday-Friday, not Saturday or > Sunday). > tapecycle 1 tapes > No, no, no. tapecycle is the total number of tapes you want in > your rotation. For example, if your amanda runs all fit on > a single tape and you run amdump 7 days/week, then: > dumpcycle 7 days > tapecycle 14 tapes > You label 14 tapes, you always carry at least two level 0's. :) Will Amanda ask me for a new type when new dumpcycle begin? Or I must do it manualy? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 41776461 2:465/207@Fidonet Alexander Belik http://www.vnet.dn.ua [EMAIL PROTECTED]
