In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joshua Baker-LePain writes:
> Actually, as I read it, the goal is to do regular level 0s and level 1s, > but not ever anything higher than a level 1. In that case, setting > 'bumpsize' to an absurdly large value may do what you want. But I'm not > sure. I think you may need to set both the bumpsize and bumpdays, or maybe just the bumpdays, if I'm reading the man page correctly. bumpdays defines the minimum number of days at each incremental level. However, I seem to be having trouble with this. I've been running with a 7 tape tapecycle, and a dumpcycle of 5 days, and runspercycle of 5days. I recently changed it to (9 tapes, 7 days, 7 days). After modifying the config on Sunday (before the level 0 was to be made), I forced level 0 backups. Unfortunately, the force didn't work. (No, not in the Star Wars sense, either.) My less-frequently-changing filesystems get dumped at level 1, but /home keeps getting dumped at level 2; the last level 1 was on Sat May 25. Ach. I guess I have a general question: What's the right procedure to switch backup configs in the way that I describe above, i.e. changing the cycle periods. Thanks in advance, --Dave Chin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
