I don't know exact definition of dumpcycle and runspercycle. Here is my understanding of amanda scheduling: We can't specify the exact backup schedule in Amanda. However, we can tell Amanda how frequently we want at least one full backup. The exact scheduling can be done using crontab.
Ref: http://www.amanda.org/fom-serve/cache/292.html Example: dumpcycle = 1 week runspercycle = 5 crontab entry: 30 2 * * 1-5 amdump This tells Amanda to take at least one full backup every week (dumpcycle = 1week) with 5 amdump runs (at least one run out of these would give us a full backup). The crontab entry will actually run the backup every weekday at 2:30 am. [ Note: I am not sure whether it is the 'at least' one full backup over dump cycle or thats the final figure] The dumpcycle and runspercycle gives Amanda an idea of frequency of backups. This will help Amanda in its intelligent scheduling whether to perform full or incremental backup. Hope this helps.. - Shantanu. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by [email protected] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [email protected]. +----------------------------------------------------------------------
