In cron, dependent on day of week/month amadmin force the level you want ?
If you config the dumptype as "always-1" or "never-full", I don't recall cause I've never seen it used, can you override with a force command ? > Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > > Please don't do that. > > In case I wasn't quite clear: This is not what I want to do. > This is what I *have* to do. > > Again: I have to deal with people who want me to do insane > things. On a daily basis. > > > At least don't try to do that with AMANDA. > > The question is: can I force amanda to do it? > > > AMANDA is NOT DESIGNED to do what you describe above. > > > > AMANDA is designed to schedule your backups in a way to successfully > > meet your goals. > > > > You don't say: Do a full backup of DLE host/disk on Monday. > > You say: I want at least one full backup of DLE host/disk in X days. > > You must be lucky. You're living in a rational universe. > > > You could FORCE AMANDA into doing it the old way but it is like > > tightening screws with a hammer. Not a good solution. > > It doesn't matter. My days with the company are counted, largely because > I'm getting tired of incompetent people telling me how to do my job. > > > -- > > > > This is a topic that appears very often on the list. > > You can browse the archives to find all the discussions ... > > > > It's definitely a FAQ. > > > > Also maybe consult: http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/28.html >
