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Re: fullbackup

2002-09-20 16:02:39
Subject: Re: fullbackup
From: Marcus Schopen <marcus.schopen AT uni-bielefeld DOT de>
To: Frank Smith <fsmith AT hoovers DOT com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:46:48 +0200
Hei Frank,

Frank Smith wrote:
> 
> --On Friday, September 20, 2002 17:46:28 +0200 Marcus Schopen <marcus.schopen 
> AT uni-bielefeld DOT de> wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to set up a second set of tapes for making a full backup each
> > sunday. My daily set with a set of 24 tapes is running from monday to
> > saturday (dumpcycle 6 and tapecycle 24).
> >
> > For the weekly full backuo I have a set of 20 tapes. Amanda should write
> > a full backup to each tape, so I have weekly full backups for the last
> > 20 weeks. Is this the right configuration to force amanda to make a
> > fullback each time:
> >
> >  dumpcycle 0
> >  tapecycle 20
> >  maxcycle 0
> >
> > Contab entry would be
> >
> >  0 8 * * 7 backup /usr/sbin/amdump DudeWeeklySet
> >
> > Thanks
> > Marcus
> 
> Looks OK.  Don't forget to use a dumptype with 'record no'
> for your weekly or you will hose your daily schedule.


Thanks for answering that fast.  But I don't understand the 'record no' 
thing. The DudeWeeklySet is a totaly different config. Why or how can
it overwrite my daily stuff that runs on a different config with a
different set of tapes.

Thanks
Marcus




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