On Sunday 26 October 2003 15:05, Jon LaBadie wrote: >On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 05:42:53PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: >> What I expect of Amanda: >> >> * NEVER overwrite a level 0 dump, not even with another level 0. > >I.e. NEVER use a tape a second time? > >> This means: if I have 6 tapes, Amanda will have to write level 0 >> every FIFTH dump (not every SIXTH) at the latest. Of course, the >> "planner" (scheduler) can promote to level 0 earlier if that's >> necessary for capacity reasons. > >It will if YOU configure it correctly. > >> 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. > >I love it when someone, new to a package, can't get it to work even > when hundreds of others are using it, says "it is broken". > >jl
Yeah, that kinda pulled my trigger too. -- Cheers, Gene AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 320M [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512M 99.27% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
