On Monday 01 June 2009, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: >From: Of Peter Kunst Sent: May 31, 2009 17:59 > >> On 06/01/2009 02:22 AM, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: >> > I have 5 tapes in slots 1-5 that I am attempting to use as set of >> > "weekday" level 0 backups (i.e. a full backup each and every weekday >> > night). >> > >> > When I created the DailySet1 I used the command: >> > >> > amserverconfig DailySet1 --template tape-changer \ >> > –-tapedev /dev/nst0 --changerdev /dev/sg1 --mailto >> >> [email protected] \ >> >> > --dumpcycle 0 --runspercycle 1 --tapecycle 2 --runtapes 1 >> > >> > However amanda.conf now has: >> >> Let me try to explain how amanda understand what's in your config, >> >> correct me if i'm wrong: >> > dumpcycle 1 week
I think you will need to manually edit this (as the backup user) to read 'dumpcycle 1 day' >> amanda will try to do at least one full backup of every DLE (Disk List >> Entry) once a week. > >I believe that I understand this but what I do not understand is that >while I specified "--dumpcycle 0" on the amservconfig command the >resulting amanda.conf file has "dumpcycle 1 week". I specified "0" >because I would like each tape to be a level 0 backup. > >> > runspercycle 1 >> >> amanda runs 1 times in the dumpcycle. Means: amanda thinks you start >> only one backup run in a week. This is probably not what you want. > >If my dumpcycle was 1 week then you would be correct. However as far >as I can see I actually want a dumpcycle of 1 day (one weekday) and >then only one run per day. If that is the case then I think that the >runspercycle would be correct. > >> > tapecycle 2 >> >> amanda knows about 2 available tapes at all. >> >> > runtapes 1 >> >> amanda will use max. 1 tape once per run. >> >> > and changer.conf has: >> > >> > firstslot=1 >> > lastslot=5 >> > driveslot=0 >> > havereader=1 >> > >> > Should I change dumpcycle back to 0 and tapecycle to 1 or what? >> >> What you want may differ, i haven't followed this thread from >> beginning. > >That is one of the reason I restated what I was trying to do. > >> Let's say you have 20 tapes, then set tapecycle to 20. > >I have 5 tapes so I will set tapecycle to 5. > >> If you run amanda five times a week, set runspercycle to 5. > >Since I actually want a daily level 0 backup I suspect that I should >set dumpcycle back to 0 and runspercycle to 1. > >> If all backup data for one run fits to one tape, leave runtapes at 1, >> but it doesn't matter if you set it to 2. amanda will not use the >> second tape for a run, if all data fits onto one tape. > >All the data does fit on one tape and there is tons of room to spare >for the foreseeable future so I will leave runtapes at 1. > >> However, it takes some experimenting and some weeks of manual >> monitoring to learn and see how amanda works. > >This I understand and I am fully prepared to make the necessary efforts >however I am an old dog and it takes longer for me to learn new tricks. > >Thanks again to everyone who has responded so far. It has been greatly >appreciated. > >Regards, Hugh -- 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) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> "The National Association of Theater Concessionaires reported that in 1986, 60% of all candy sold in movie theaters was sold to Roger Ebert." -- D. Letterman
