--On Monday, June 23, 2003 14:10:58 -0400 lloyd <subscr002 AT twilight-systems 
DOT com> wrote:

> Brian Cuttler wrote:
>> You have a tape cycle of 10, what is your dump cycle ? Certain less than
>> 10, hopefully less than 5. 5 given one untouched copy of the your level
>> 0 backup while the older level 0 is being overwritten (assuming a single
>> level 0 per dump cycle).
> 
> the dump cycle, runs per cycle, and tape cycle are 10.
> 
> 
>> What are you trying to do ?
> 
> just ensure there is some kind of snapshot history going back, say three 
> months, in case i need to reach into the distant past for a file.  maybe a 
> once-weekly snapshot...

Clone your daily config but use 'dumpcycle 0' to force full dumps on everything,
'record no' so as not to clobber the dumpdates on your daily runs, and a 
different
log/index directory and tape labels than your normal run.
   If you make the disklist for your archive config a link to the one in your
daily config you won't have to remember to update them both when you add 
something.

Frank

> 
> 
>> Are you looking for periodic level 0 that are outside of the
>> normal tape pool or rotation ?
> 
> i think this is what i'm after.  perhaps combine this with your suggestion to 
> lower the dump cycle to < 5 ?  can i just change this value in amanda.conf?
> 



--
Frank Smith                                             fsmith AT hoovers DOT 
com
Systems Administrator                                  Voice: 512-374-4673
Hoover's Online                                          Fax: 512-374-4501