On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 10:03 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Hi, Erik, > > on Freitag, 14. JÃnner 2005 at 22:41 you wrote to amanda-users: > > EPO> Hi, > > EPO> I am running Fedora Core 3 which comes with amanda installed and I have > EPO> just started to set it up. In amanda.conf "bumpsize", "bumpmult" and > EPO> "bumpdays" should be specified. My problem is that I don't know exactly > EPO> what this "bump" and the associated "level" mean. > > EPO> Would someone please explain these terms to me? > > I don't want repeat my new mantra too often, as it might get worn out > too early ... : > > Have you read the description of those parameters at > http://www.amanda.org/docs/amanda.8.html ?
Yes, I have (and am) reading it. Description of the parameters does not explain the basic philosophy behind amanda. Luckily I got a private mail with a very good explanation which made it easier to understand the parameters. In fact I think it was the level term which puzzled me. If you can't grasp the level term it doesn't make sense to talk about bumping from one level to another. > > If there are any questions left then, please let us know. -- Regards, Erik P. Olsen
