Hi Joshua, On Wednesday 21 July 2004 16:12, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 at 4:08pm, CPH wrote > > > Hi, > > I have very simple needs for an amanda installation : > > - backup one server which also contains the tape drive; > > - incremental nightly backup - essentially 2 databases ; > > - full weekly backup; > > - I have a dump disk with 1G free > > full weekly backup -> dumpcycle 1 week > runspercycle 5 (assuming running only on weeknights) > tapecycle ? (How many tapes do you have -- preferably 10+). > > dumpcycle is the maximum amount of time between full dumps. Ok, the above is now much clearer! So : dumpcycle = duration between complete backups; runspercycle = no of incremental backups between complete backups; but tapecycle ? I have 7 tapes, and I was thinking I would use 5 for the incremental backups and 2 for the full backups. Does that make sense ?
> As for documentation, have you read "the chapter"? > <http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html> I tried, but it makes much more sense with your explanation. It's probably me, as I could find almost no other docs on the web to me a an "amanda for dummies" type of explanation. CPH
