Partial full backup configuration for amanda

2006-05-31 Thread silpa kala
Hi, I need some clarification on the usage of the amanda. What parameters need to be congfigured for the partial full backup i.e.,the full backup is divided into according to the dumpcycle and runspercycle. We configured dumpcycle 10 days runspercycle 10 Suppose this is the case,

Re: Partial full backup configuration for amanda

2006-05-31 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Wed, 31 May 2006 at 1:50am, silpa kala wrote I need some clarification on the usage of the amanda. What parameters need to be congfigured for the partial full backup i.e.,the full backup is divided into according to the dumpcycle and runspercycle. We configured dumpcycle 10 days

Re: Partial full backup configuration for amanda

2006-05-31 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2006-05-31 10:50, silpa kala wrote: Hi, I need some clarification on the usage of the amanda. What parameters need to be congfigured for the partial full backup i.e.,the full backup is divided into according to the dumpcycle and runspercycle. We configured dumpcycle 10 days

Re: Partial full backup configuration for amanda

2006-05-31 Thread silpa kala
Hi, Thanks for this information. I gone through the all the threads related to the Partial Full backup configuration for amanda. Partial full backup is happening based on the DLE entries instead of memory occupied for all DLEs.That means If one DLE happens to contain 50% of all data, then one

Re: Partial full backup configuration for amanda

2006-05-31 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 09:48:07AM -0700, silpa kala wrote: Hi, Thanks for this information. I gone through the all the threads related to the Partial Full backup configuration for amanda. Partial full backup is happening based on the DLE entries instead of memory occupied for all

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-20 Thread David Raistrick
Thats the generally accepted practice, with amanda supposedly compensating for the case of dumpcycle = 1 week, and runsperdumpcycle = 5. I think this is general target area of the current discussion. But then I'm not an real expert, I just play one here, sometimes pretty foolishly... :-)

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-18 Thread Chris Karakas
DK Smith wrote: Do most amanda configs (with changers) run amdump every weekday (M-F) and skip running amdump on weekends? I see this sort of idiom stated as the way for Amanda, however I am not so sure this well-documented idiom is actually used in practice. Or is it? Well, I use AMANDA

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-18 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 03:16:24PM +0100, Chris Karakas wrote: DK Smith wrote: Do most amanda configs (with changers) run amdump every weekday (M-F) and skip running amdump on weekends? I see this sort of idiom stated as the way for Amanda, however I am not so sure this well-documented idiom

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-18 Thread Chris Karakas
Jon LaBadie wrote: While I agree basically with you there can be cases where the scheduler fights a specific situation. Suppose my Level 0's are 9-10 GB total and I'm using a DDS2 tape with 4GB capacity with a dumpcycle of 3 days. Works well for a single tape/dump usage with the Level 0's

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-18 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 07:25:50PM +0100, Chris Karakas wrote: Jon LaBadie wrote: While I agree basically with you there can be cases where the scheduler fights a specific situation. Suppose my Level 0's are 9-10 GB total and I'm using a DDS2 tape with 4GB capacity with a dumpcycle of 3

Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Keith Nasman
What are the amanda.conf settings (dumpcycle, runspercycle, tapecycle) for getting a full backup each night, five days a week, with a four weeks worth of tapes (20)? thanks, Keith

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 at 8:01am, Keith Nasman wrote What are the amanda.conf settings (dumpcycle, runspercycle, tapecycle) for getting a full backup each night, five days a week, with a four weeks worth of tapes (20)? dumpcycle=0,runspercycle=1 (doesn't really matter), tapecycle=20 -- Joshua

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:01:17AM -0800, Keith Nasman wrote: What are the amanda.conf settings (dumpcycle, runspercycle, tapecycle) for getting a full backup each night, five days a week, with a four weeks worth of tapes (20)? dumpcycle is how often you want a full. runspercycle is the number

RE: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Jeremy L. Mordkoff
Message- From: Keith Nasman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Full Backup Configuration What are the amanda.conf settings (dumpcycle, runspercycle, tapecycle) for getting a full backup each night, five days a week, with a four weeks

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Keith Nasman
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 at 8:01am, Keith Nasman wrote What are the amanda.conf settings (dumpcycle, runspercycle, tapecycle) for getting a full backup each night, five days a week, with a four weeks worth of tapes (20)? dumpcycle=0,runspercycle=1 (doesn't really matter), tapecycle=20 --

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 01:15:17PM -0500, Jeremy L. Mordkoff wrote: Would dumpcycle 1 week runspercycle 3 tapecycle 16 tapes work better? Interesting question... I assume that amanda would make a point of getting a full on each filesystem at least once every runspercycle runs as well as

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Keith Nasman
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 at 8:01am, Keith Nasman wrote What are the amanda.conf settings (dumpcycle, runspercycle, tapecycle) for getting a full backup each night, five days a week, with a four weeks worth of tapes (20)? dumpcycle=0,runspercycle=1 (doesn't really matter), tapecycle=20 --

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 17 January 2003 16:04, DK Smith wrote: In this discussion, talking about discounting days of of the week etc... is there an inherent assumption here that the amdump is invoked once per day? Or is that not a factor in the behavior of the system? Thats the generally accepted practice,

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Deb Baddorf
At 05:26 PM 1/17/2003 -0500, you wrote: On Friday 17 January 2003 16:04, DK Smith wrote: In this discussion, talking about discounting days of of the week etc... is there an inherent assumption here that the amdump is invoked once per day? Or is that not a factor in the behavior of the system?

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread DK Smith
There is an inherent assumption that Saturday and Sunday really exist ... so when you say dumpcycle of ... well, any number, amanda continues to count Saturday and Sunday.The question here is can we ask amanda to bend reality and ignore Sat and Sun entirely. We're asking to define a

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread DK Smith
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 01:15:17PM -0500, Jeremy L. Mordkoff wrote: Okaywhat are the settings for getting a full once every 3 days with backups 5 nights a week and 16 tapes? I tried dumpcycle 3 days runspercycle 3 tapecycle 16 tapes but that gives me fulls of everyone on Monday and

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Jay Lessert
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 04:06:09PM -0800, DK Smith wrote: Do most amanda configs (with changers) run amdump every weekday (M-F) and skip running amdump on weekends? I see this sort of idiom stated as the way for Amanda, however I am not so sure this well-documented idiom is actually used in

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Deb Baddorf
My understanding was that the OP just wanted to run 3-out-of-7, and I have *no* idea why that should be any problem at all. -- Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Accelerant Networks Inc. (voice)1.503.439.3461 Beaverton OR, USA

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 04:53:12PM -0800, Jay Lessert wrote: I haven't followed this thread closely (and am not sure why the OP is having problems), but I've used 5-out-of-7, 6-out-of-7 and 7-out-of-7 configurations configurations with Amanda. My current config is 6-out-of-7. On the 7th

Re: Full Backup Configuration

2003-01-17 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 10:15:19PM -0600, Deb Baddorf wrote: My understanding was that the OP just wanted to run 3-out-of-7, and I have *no* idea why that should be any problem at all. -- Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wasn't the one raising the question. I