Hi James,

I have tried always-full instead of nocomp-user for the disklist last night.
However, when I check the backup tape this morning, that is no backup action
actually taken last night.  It means all the data has not been backup last
night.  Would you please help?  Thanks.

BR,
Angie

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Thorne" <j.thorne AT kew DOT org>
To: "Angie Yee" <angie.yee AT capcis.co DOT uk>
Cc: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Backup problem


> Angie,
>
> The last item on each line of the disklist specifies the dump type to
> use for the filesystem.  These dump types are defined in amanda.conf.
> Have a look at the comments in amanda.conf to see all the options.  The
> format for the disklist is:
>
>    <host> <filesystem> <dump type>
>
> So, to backup the /home/users filesystem on 'myhost', using
> 'nocomp-user' you would use:
>
>    myhost /home/users nocomp-user
>
> as the entry in the disklist.
>
> 'nocomp-user' does not have the line:
>
>    dumpcycle 0
>
> 'dumpcycle' within a dump type definition tells amanda the maximum
> number of days between full dumps of the filesystem.  A value of zero
> causes a full backup of the filesystem to be performed every time.
>
> You could, for example, modify 'nocomp-user' to read as follows and
> leave your disklist as it is:
>
> > define dumptype nocomp-user {
> >     comp-user
> >     comment "Non-root partitions on slow machines"
> >     index
> >     program "GNUTAR"
> >     compress none
>        dumpcycle 0  # <----- force full backups
> > }
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Angie Yee wrote:
> > What's mean by "nocomp-user" in disklist then?
> > Please advise.  Thanks.
> >
> > BR,
> > Angie
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Thorne" <j.thorne AT kew DOT org>
> > To: "Angie Yee" <angie.yee AT capcis.co DOT uk>
> > Cc: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 1:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: Backup problem
> >
> >
> >
> >>From my understanding, you should be able to do something like the
> >>following:
> >>
> >>   fs3 /vol0 always-full
> >>   fs3 /vol1 always-full
> >>
> >>The dump type 'always-full' is defined in your amanda.conf already:
> >>
> >>
> >>>define dumptype always-full {
> >>>    global
> >>>    comment "Full dump of this filesystem always"
> >>>    compress none
> >>>    priority high
> >>>    dumpcycle 0
> >>>}
> >>
> >>The 'dumpcycle 0' line tells amanda to always do a full dump of the
> >>filesystem.  This dump type does not use compression.  We have a new
> >>dump type here which uses compression and does a full dump, defined as
> >>follows in amanda.conf:
> >>
> >>   define dumptype high-tar-full {
> >>     high-tar
> >>     comment "high priority, full dump with compression"
> >>     compress client fast
> >>     priority high
> >>     dumpcycle 0
> >>   }
> >>
> >>This makes use of 'high-tar', also in your amanda.conf already.
> >>
> >>You ould then put this in your disklist:
> >>
> >>   fs3 /vol0 high-tar-full
> >>   fs3 /vol1 high-tar-full
> >>
> >>You will need gzip and tar installed on your machines.
> >>
> >>James.
> >>
> >>Angie Yee wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi James,
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for your prompt reply.
> >>>
> >>>The dumptypes are :
> >>>
> >>>fs3 /vol0 nocomp-user
> >>>fs3 /vol1 nocomp-user
> >>>
> >>>Would you please advise how to force amanda to do the full back-up
every
> >>>night?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>BR,
> >>>Angie
>
>