Amanda-Users

Re: How to do differential backup with amanda?

2003-05-09 16:25:41
Subject: Re: How to do differential backup with amanda?
From: Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
To: Wojciech Jedliczka <wj AT 3v DOT pl>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 16:21:58 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 9 May 2003 at 10:17pm, Wojciech Jedliczka wrote

> > Look at the 'nofull' and 'incronly' dump strategies in the example
> > amanda.conf.
> 
> Unfortunately 'incronly' strategy will stop at level 9.

"Only" level 9?!  At that point, you're going to need to read the backups 
off *10* tapes to get your whole filesystem back.  Thanks, but no 
thanks...

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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University