--- Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday, 23.01.2007 at 01:16 -0600, Frank Smith > wrote: > > > > Thanks for the reply. So if I only have one DLE, > will the full > > > backup always take place on a particular day and > will only > > > incremental backups be taken on the remaining > days? Or will it be > > > handled in some different way? > > > > dumpcycle is just the maximum time between fulls. > Amanda often > > schedules them sooner if it thinks it will level > out daily tape usage. > > I don't know how it handles a single DLE, as that > is not really what > > it was designed for. > > That's correct: although AMANDA is still a > convenient tool to use in > this context. > > If the original poster's full backup fits on to a > single tape, and backs > up in a reasonable period of time, you could just do > a full backup every > day, perhaps? >
At the moment, full backup of my data fits on a single tape, but it may not fit, over a period of time. Thanks Yogesh ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know.
