On Thu, 6 May 2004 at 10:53pm, Gavin Henry wrote
I would like to change my amanda.conf to do full backups on Fridays?...
Here is my current setup:
dumpcycle 9 days # the number of days in the normal dump cycle runspercycle 9 days # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days tapecycle 12 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation
If it is to make an archive backup to be stored offsite, then you better make another configuration with "dumpcycle 0" and run that config only on friday. Use a dumptype similar to this:
define dumptype allways-full {
program "GNUTAR"
index yes
record no
compress client fast
dumpcycle 0
skip-incr yes # emphasize we only want full dumps
strategy noinc # also reduce time to do estimates
}The "record no" is there to not disturb the daily config.
If it is because all the other backup schemes you know are doing this, then wait until the others have catched up with the scheduling policy of Amanda, and let Amanda do it her way.
What do I need to read?
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