On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 10:27:44AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have indeed a tapecycle 4 configuration
> Is there a way to make sevral backup a day but still have the same
> behaviour as if those backups were made one per day? (without playing
> wit the date of the computer)
>
You can run several backups a day just fine. However
you must not use more tapes than your tapecycle is.
And to be careful and prepared for disaster:
Have always three generations handy.
I _recommend_ to have at least:
3 * runspercycle * runtapes Tapes.
man amanda says:
For instance, if dumpcycle is set to 14 days, one
Amanda run is done every day (Sunday through Satur�
day), and runtapes is set to one, then tapecycle
must be at least 15 (14 days * one run/day * one
tape/run + one tape).
E.g. you are testing with dumpcycle 1 and up to 4 runs a day, you need
5 tapes as _absolute minimum_ (and then you are depending on each
tape!) and 12 for a warm and fuzzy feeling.
> I took a look at the mail I received, but it didn't mention anything
> wrong. See below for the whole mail.
Overflowing the tapecycle in just one day is apparently
not prohibited :-((
Ciao
Dietmar
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