On Sunday 26 October 2003 15:05, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 05:42:53PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
>> What I expect of Amanda:
>>
>> * NEVER overwrite a level 0 dump, not even with another level 0.
>
>I.e. NEVER use a tape a second time?
>
>> This means: if I have 6 tapes, Amanda will have to write level 0
>> every FIFTH dump (not every SIXTH) at the latest. Of course, the
>> "planner" (scheduler) can promote to level 0 earlier if that's
>> necessary for capacity reasons.
>
>It will if YOU configure it correctly.
>
>> 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.
>
>I love it when someone, new to a package, can't get it to work even
> when hundreds of others are using it, says "it is broken".
>
>jl

Yeah, that kinda pulled my trigger too.

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