On Wednesday 15 June 2005 05:21, Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote: >Hi Again > >Would it be simplier to create a Monthly config for a monthly full >backup that con exists with my Daily. >If So is there and examples of this setup. > >Cheers
Essentially yes, with (IIRC, please check me on that, Jon) the provisio that the monthly full is set to 'record no' in the dumptype in order that it not effect the record keeping for the daily run adversely. The whole extra config should live in a seperate directory, such as /usr/local/etc/amanda/monthly. You'll have to manage the tape loading schedule so that the tape you have labeled for the monthly usage is loaded at the proper time, and that the daily tape is not loaded. You may, because of scheduleing snafu's that will happen (the question isn't if, its when) want to have seperate holding disk areas specified so that if the tape isn't loaded, it can still do the backup and you can load the right tape and amflush it later when you've discovered the error. I do not do that here as its rather hard to remove a virtual tape when I haven't a working tape drive. I've found that a utility 200GB hard drive with virtual tapes is for me, considerably more dependable than DDS2 tapes and the drives that went with them ever were. Had I been willing to spend 5+ grand on a newer technology drive and its tapes, that probably would not be true. However, if I really had 5 grand to spare, I'd upgrade my 88 Nissan 4wd pickup, red cancer is going to keep me from getting it inspected one of these days, and at 201k miles its now leaving small puddles of 5w30 on the driveway. Old farts (I'm 70) with limited incomes tend to think a bit more about practical things. :-) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
