ok. but doesn't amanda get confuse with two configs?

sergio

On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 13:32, Frank Smith wrote:
> --On Friday, March 21, 2003 13:13:06 -0500 Sergio Pereira <sergio AT 
> ee.ryerson DOT ca> wrote:
> 
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > I'm trying to setup amanda to backup 52 weeks with incremental daily and
> > every week a full backup. My amanda.conf shows like:
> > 
> > dumpcycle 7
> > runspercycle 5
> > tapecycle 55 tapes
> > 
> > for sure I'm doing something wrong .. what is it?
> > when I run amadmin to check the due date for each disk I get:
> > 
> > Due in 367 days: backupserver:/etc
> > Due in 361 days: backupserver:/var
> > Due in 362 days: backupserver:/home
> > 
> > question: how do I modify my amanda.conf to meet my 52 weeks
> > configuration?
> 
> To have a years worth of backups, you would need a tapecycle of
> at least 5 * 52 = 260 tapes.
> 
> Maybe you need two separate configs, one always-full running weekly
> with a tapecycle of at least 52 tapes, and one running daily with
> at least 5 tapes (using your runspercycle).
> 
> Frank
> 
> > 
> > thx all,
> > 
> > sergio
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
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