I have now configured amanda to work the was it wants, rather than the
way *I* want (ref: Quick Tape cycle Query),I have now replaced all my
DDS2 tapes with DDS3 and ammended this section to read for 'DailySet':
dumpcycle 2 weeks
runspercycle 12
tapecycle 15 tapes
which AFAIK will run a dumpcycle of 2 weeks, with 2 full backups and
incrementals 6 days a week, with a tape amount of 15
But have I got my understanding of the following correct:
1. holding drives:
I have specified 2 hdds to use as holding areas in the amanda.conf,
called 'holding' and 'holding2'
Am I correct in thinking that if holding gets full, then it will
continue onto holding2?
2. dumpcycle:
With the example below:
define dumptype root-tar {
global
program "GNUTAR"
comment "root partitions dumped with tar"
exclude list "/etc/amanda/DailySet/exclude.files"
compress server best
priority high
index yes
record yes
}
define dumptype user-tar {
root-tar
comment "user partitions dumped with tar"
compress server best
priority low
index yes
record yes
}
If I define user-tar in diskypes, am I correct in thinking that the
'root-tar' directive specified within user-tar, means use the settings
from the dumptype 'root-tar', but override them with the extra settings
in user-tar?
Thanks again and sorry for these basic questions, as reading then man
pages doesn't quick make this clear.
Mark
