At 2003-10-26T16:42:53Z, Matthias Andree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > dumpcycle 14 days # the number of days in the normal dump cycle > tapecycle 6 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation
You've configured Amanda to do a full backup at least every 14 days, but you're only using 6 tapes. Any particular reason? > One thing I've never understood is: WHY does Amanda need to know the > dumpcycle in days? If this feature has precedence over the tapecycle, it > is broken. The two are orthogonal. I have a dumpcycle of 4 days and a tapecycle of 12 tapes, meaning that I have a minimum of 2 level 0 backups in storage (and a minimum of 3 if I'm not in the middle of overwriting one of them). See http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/160.html for details. -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est.
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