On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 10:56, mcguire AT cs.utexas DOT edu wrote:
> 
> 
> "Carl D. Blake" <carl AT boeckeler DOT com> wrote:
>  >I'm trying to setup an AMANDA backup system with the following
>  >characteristics:
>  >    Full backup every Wednesday on a different weekly tape
>  >    Differential backup on Thurday, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday
>  >    Full backup on the last Wednesday of each month which is then
>  >            archived for a year.
>  >
>  >So far I've setup a Weekly configuration with runspercycle set to 0,
>  >dumpcycle set to 0, and tapecycle set to 7.  record is set to yes so
>  >that differentials run on a daily basis will have a date that the last
>  >full backup was done on.
>  >
>  >I have a Monthly configuration with runspercycle set to 0, dumpcycle set
>  >to 0, and tapecycle set to 14.  Again, record is set to yes for the sake
>  >of the daily differentials.
>  >
>  >The Daily configuration is runspercycle set to 4, dumpcycle set to 1
>  >weeks, and tapecycle set to 7.
>  >
>  >I have cron setup to run "amdump Daily" on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
>  >and Friday; "amdump Weekly" on Wednesday for the first 3 (or 4) weeks of
>  >the month; and "amdump Monthly" on the last Wednesday of the month.
>  >
>  >Does this sound like my configuration will do what I want?  Or do I have
>  >something really messed up?  Any comments or suggestions would be
>  >appreciated.
> 
> Comments or suggestions?  You are trying to swim upstream.
> 
> Tommy McGuire
Could you explain what you mean by this?  What is a better way to handle
this?  I would prefer to use amanda the way it was meant to be used
rather than try to force her into some peculiar mode.
-- 
Carl D. Blake
Director of Engineering
Boeckeler Instruments, Inc.
4650 S. Butterfield Dr.
Tucson, AZ  85714

Phone: 520-745-0001
FAX: 520-745-0004
email: carl AT boeckeler DOT com

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