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Re: postponing full backup

2003-09-13 11:36:18
Subject: Re: postponing full backup
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 11:32:15 -0400
On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 10:53:42AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 09:15:39AM +0200, Martin Oehler wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I'm running the standard strategy for backing up my partitions on
> > Amanda 2.4.4 . The next level 0 backup for a large partition
> > is scheduled on a workday during the next week. This backup run
> > takes about 14 hours, so I would prefer doing it on the weekend.
> > 
> > Is it possible to run this full backup earlier or later?
> > 
> > I tried amadmin force, but this had not the desired effect because
> > the normal backup cycle does not seem to care about my forced
> > full backup.
> > 
> > # amadmin Backup force xy z
> > amadmin: xy:/z is set to a forced level 0 at next run.
> > # amadmin Backup due xy z
> > Due in  4 days: xy:/z
> 
> I don't believe "due" is "scheduled".
> I think that is when it "must" be done by
> i.e., a dumpcycle since last level 0.

Following up my own post,

try the info command of amadmin.

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