On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 09:24:23AM +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote: > Jonathan B. Bayer wrote: > > > >I'm just configuring Amanda to work with our tape libraries. For some > >specific volumes I want to always do a full dump. According to the > >manual page, the "strategy noinc" should do it. However, in the example > >amanda.conf, it specifically says that "Unfortunately, this is not > >currently implemented. Use `dumpcycle 0' instead." > > > >Is this option available? I'd like to use it instead of the dumpcycle 0 > >option. > > Any reason why? "dumpcycle 0" can be an option on a specific dumptype, > just like "strategy noinc" would have been. It overrides the global > dumpcycle for that particular dumptype. > Probably nobody implemented "strategy noinc" because of this.
One use for "strategy noinc" would be for a static, large DLE. No need for incrementals, never or almost never changes, and just the dumps at a specific interval are needed, not dumpcycle 0. But for this the "skip-incr" directive seems appropriate. It seems a little confusing that a few backup "schemes" are separated out as their own directives (skip-incr, skip-full) while others are implemented as arguments to the strategy directive. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
