On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 04:06:09PM -0800, DK Smith wrote:
> Do most amanda configs (with changers) run amdump every weekday (M-F)
> and skip running amdump on weekends? I see this sort of idiom stated as
> "the way" for Amanda, however I am not so sure this well-documented
> idiom is actually used in practice.

Sure it is.

    - Not everybody has a changer.
    
    - Many people do "something else" on the weekend (like a
      forced-full).

I haven't followed this thread closely (and am not sure why the
OP is having problems), but I've used 5-out-of-7, 6-out-of-7 and
7-out-of-7 configurations configurations with Amanda.  My current
config is 6-out-of-7.  On the 7th day, a seperate forced-full config
runs.

5-week tapecycle, 1-week dumpcycle, 6 dumps/week:

    dumpcycle       7 days          # at least 1 full dump/week.
    runspercycle    6               # run 6 days/week.
    tapecycle       30 tapes        # 5 weeks worth

# Run daily0 on sun/mon/tue/wed/thu/fri nights (0=sunday)
01      23      *       *       0-5     /home/amanda/bin/daily0
# Run archive0 on sat nights
01      23      *       *       6       /home/amanda/bin/archive0

My understanding was that the OP just wanted to run 3-out-of-7, and
I have *no* idea why that should be any problem at all.

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