--On Monday, June 10, 2002 17:12:08 -0300 Fernan Aguero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi! > > I am running amanda-2.4.2p2 succesfully with 2 hosts (1 server, 1 > client). All disklist entries (level 0 dump) fit well on a DDS-4 40GB > using software compression (about 24 GB now). > > I have only 4 tapes in use and momentarily just 2 (I am keeping 2 of them as > archival tapes as I am burning some of the data on CDs, and will > return them to the tapecycle as soon as they get done). > > This is how I've set my conf file: > > dumpcycle 7 > runspercycle 2 > tapecycle 2 tapes > > Based on this I'd expected amanda to run just twice every 7 days. > However, amanda still runs everyday. > Is it possible to do this? (if i set a dumpcycle of 30 and > runspercycle of 1, would amanda run just once per month?) Amanda runs whenever you (or cron) make it run. 'runspercycle' is just for planner's benefit so it can schedule appropriate dump levels. IF you only want Amanda to just run twice a week, just have it scheduled that way in cron. > I am currently forcing level 0 dumps in every run because otherwise > amanda would almost always overwrite the only level 0 dump for a > filesystem. > > Since all lev > 0 dumps are only a few megabytes (< 100 MB), is it > possible to have amanda append these to the end of each tape, thus > leaving the level 0 dumps untouched? > > Currently I have this problem because on weekends amanda would run > without being forced to do a lev 0 dump and thus would leave things in > the holding disk that need to be flushed on Monday. That day, I will > be left with only 1 level 0 dump in tape for each filesystem. If you want more level 1s and have enough holding disk, you could run Amanda daily without a tape (and adjust your config file accordingly), and amflush twice a week. There is the added risk of losing your backups if your holding disk fails. Frank > Thanks in advance, > > Fernan > > PS: I know that just getting more tapes would be the ideal solution, > but that is not economically possible in the short term. I'll > appreciate comments on how to make amanda run as tapewise as it can, > given my shortage of tape media. > > -- > >| F e r n a n A g u e r o | B i o i n f o r m a t i c s | >| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | genoma.unsam.edu.ar | -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
