Amanda-Users

Re: Amanda overwrites level 0 dumps?

2003-10-27 13:51:59
Subject: Re: Amanda overwrites level 0 dumps?
From: Jean-Louis Martineau <martinea AT iro.umontreal DOT ca>
To: Todd Kover <kovert AT omniscient DOT com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:48:32 -0500
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 09:18:07AM -0500, Todd Kover wrote:
> 
>  > Perhaps a warning should be added to amdump and amcheck to alert
>  > users to the situation when tapecycle is less than dumpcycle.
> 
> I would think you'd actully care if tapecycle < runspercycle (and I've
> added a warning when this happens to planner and amcheck).

I think it should be:
  tapecycle <= runspercycle * runtapes
but because you might not use runtapes tapes at every run, something like
  tapecycle <= #tape_use_in_last_dumpcycle_days
may be better.

Jean-Louis
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