--On Thursday, October 16, 2003 17:58:26 +0530 Rohit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This is what I understoond by the terms "dumpcycle", "runspercycle" & > "tapecycle". Please correct me if I have misunderstood these terms. > > dumpcycle 2 weeks: > Full backups of all shares will be done once in every 2 > weeks (or 10 days - excluding weekends (sat/sun)) As someone else already said, it means 'at least once' and not necessarily just once. > runspercycle 10: > amdump runs 10 days a for dumpcycle of 2 weeks (or 10 days dumpcycle) Yes. > tapecycle 20 tapes: > number of tapes to use per dumpcycle of 2 weeks. 10 tapes X 2 dumpcycles = > 20 tapes. Yes, but you really should have an extra tape or two in there to lessen the chance of a failed backup overwriting your last full backup. You should really consider doubling that number so you always have two copies in case one should error on a restore (in which case you would lose your newest data but you could at least still recover older files.). Frank > Did I understand this right? > > Thanks again! > > Rohit > > -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
