At 2003-10-26T16:42:53Z, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree AT gmx DOT de> writes:

> dumpcycle 14 days       # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
> tapecycle 6 tapes       # the number of tapes in rotation

You've configured Amanda to do a full backup at least every 14 days, but
you're only using 6 tapes.  Any particular reason?

> One thing I've never understood is: WHY does Amanda need to know the
> dumpcycle in days? If this feature has precedence over the tapecycle, it
> is broken.

The two are orthogonal.  I have a dumpcycle of 4 days and a tapecycle of 12
tapes, meaning that I have a minimum of 2 level 0 backups in storage (and a
minimum of 3 if I'm not in the middle of overwriting one of them).  See
http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/160.html for details.
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