On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 01:28:37PM -0500, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> > dumpcycle 4 days
> 
> Amanda will get a full backup of every disk list entry (DLE) at least once 
> every four days.  If you run backups M-Th, Monday is going to be a busy 
> day...
> 
> > runspercycle 4
> 
> You'll run amanda 4 times per dumpcycle

Is it possible to make amanda spread the full backups out over the
course of the dumpcycle?

Also, if I change the dumpcycle to 5 days and leave the runspercycle at
4, will that work?  I do want to keep tapes in "sets" of a week, but it
takes time to get more.

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