thx jon. sure, the full dumps spread over the week. i just missed this point ;)
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von Jon LaBadie > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Juli 2002 12:10 > An: Amanda-Users Mailingliste > Betreff: Re: Dumpcycle and others . Explanation needed > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:46:14AM +0200, Patrick Schumacher wrote: > > hi again... > > i need a little help in setting up my dumpcycles. > > i want to do backups over a period of 4 or 8 weeks with a full > dump once per > > week (monday). > > is it right, that the length of the backup-period has nothing > mutch do do > > with the length of the dumpcycle and the runspercycle? > > > > so: > > dumpcycle 7 days # > > # > > runspercycle 7 # hmmm, the 8 run is a full dump > amd the cycle starts > > again?? > > # > > tapecycle 75 tapes # 56 tapes normal. ok, i need 2 tapes for the full > > # dumps and some tapes for errors > > # > > runtapes 2 # if we need 2 tapes for the full > dump, the changer takes > > # the next tape > > > > seems to be a good configuration for my need's. > > any other sugestions?? > > > Looks pretty good if you generally will only need 1 tape daily. > > HOWEVER!!!! > If you are using amanda as it was designed, your full backups > will NOT be done on Monday. > They will be spread over Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, > Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. > > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) >
