On this same topic, is there a way to have amrecover list the available versions of a file that are currently on tape? i.e. list the 5 versions of the file with the dates so that you can choose the one you want?
Regards, Gordon > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geert Uytterhoeven > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:41 AM > To: Luis Rodrigues > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Newbie needs Help > > On Thu, 4 May 2006, Luis Rodrigues wrote: > > The normal everyday amanda incremental backup saves all the > touched files to the holding disk? > > Yes. > > > If the file is changed 5 times in a backup cicle it will > get backed up > > 5 times? if so how do I access it using amandarecover? > > By specifying the date of the version you want to recover. > > > On Thu, 4 May 2006 10:26:39 -0400 > > Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 03:52:07PM +0200, Luis Rodrigues wrote: > > > > I've just started a job at a new company. They have an backup > > > > system with everyday copies the touched files to a disk > on a backup server and on the weekend it makes a 0 level to tape. > > > > > > > > They say the system is not really relayable because > some times they don't find the files an want a new one. > > > > > > > > So I will install amanda. > > > > > > > > The problem is that they want to keep the old backup > touched files each day and zero level on the weekend. > > > > In http://www.amanda.org/docs/topten.html#id2552255 > says this is not possible. > > > > > > > > So I will use amanda with a weekly cycle so that at > saturday everyting is backuedup. > > > > > > > > But I still need to incremental backup the touched files since > > > > last inscremental, is it possible to force amanda to > (in its runs during week) first copy to backup server the > touched files and them some others? > > > > > > > > > > You can nearly mimic what they have been doing. Not > necessarily my > > > recommendation, but sometimes "ya gotta do what da boss > sais ya gotta do". > > > > > > Think of their current backup disk as amanda's "holding disk". > > > Set up your amanda config to 'autoflush" the holding disk > whenever > > > it actually does tape. > > > Set up your config to not do level 0's except when forced > with amadmin. > > > I forget if this is "skip-full" or "incr-only". > > > Set up amanda to use a symbolic link to the tape device, > eg. /dev/amandatape. > > > This will be missing normally, so incremental backups > will collect > > > on the holding disk, waiting to autoflush. > > > Set up your daily cron job to "rm amandatape" then amdump. > > > Set up your weekend cronjob to amadmin force level 0's, > create the > > > symbolic tape device link, then do amdump, the rm amandatape. > > > The entire week will go to tape. > > > > > > > If so what will happen if a file is changed two times > in one week? > > > > > > You will have a copy of each version. > > > During the week you can still use amrecover to get at the > > > incrementals collecting on the holding disk. > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > > -- > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In personal conversations with technical people, I call > myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just > say "programmer" or something like that. > -- > Linus Torvalds > >
