Bao,

I don't know why the FAQ says that -- it's simply not true!

We currently have a setup similar to this: incremental every day and full 
backups every other weekend.

The trick is to make 2 amanda configurations (say, 'Daily' and 'Archive').

Once you've got that you can just call amanda with the correct configuration on 
the right days, i.e.

amdump Daily
amdump Archive

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David Olbersen 
iGuard Engineer
11415 West Bernardo Court 
San Diego, CA 92127 
1-858-676-2277 x2152


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bao [mailto:bao AT gibbons DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:25 PM
> To: amanda
> Subject: fixed day backup
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> In the Amanda FAQ, there is one question "How can I configure 
> Amanda to 
> perform full backups on the weekend and incrementals on 
> weekdays?". The 
> answer is "You can't."
> 
> It's unfortunate that the plan above is what I need. I need 
> to run full 
> backup once a week, and incrementals on the other days. All of the 
> backups will stay on disk (tapeless backup), plus the full 
> will be put 
> on tape. Disk only keeps one week (full + incrementals), and 
> tapes keep 
> 8 weeks of full-only.
> 
> If Amanda manages the full and incremental using its own way. 
> How can I 
> know which one has the full, and when the full is performed, 
> to automate 
> the process of transferring to tape??
> 
> Has anyone done this sucessfully and How can I do it??
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>