In cron, dependent on day of week/month amadmin force the level you want ?

If you config the dumptype as "always-1" or "never-full", I don't recall
cause I've never seen it used, can you override with a force command ?



> Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> 
> > Please don't do that. 
> 
> In case I wasn't quite clear: This is not what I want to do.
> This is what I *have* to do.
> 
> Again: I have to deal with people who want me to do insane
> things. On a daily basis.
> 
> > At least don't try to do that with AMANDA.
> 
> The question is: can I force amanda to do it?
> 
> > AMANDA is NOT DESIGNED to do what you describe above.
> > 
> > AMANDA is designed to schedule your backups in a way to successfully
> > meet your goals.
> > 
> > You don't say: Do a full backup of DLE host/disk on Monday.
> > You say: I want at least one full backup of DLE host/disk in X days.
> 
> You must be lucky. You're living in a rational universe.
> 
> > You could FORCE AMANDA into doing it the old way but it is like
> > tightening screws with a hammer. Not a good solution.
> 
> It doesn't matter. My days with the company are counted, largely because
> I'm getting tired of incompetent people telling me how to do my job.
> 
> > --
> > 
> > This is a topic that appears very often on the list.
> > You can browse the archives to find all the discussions ...
> > 
> > It's definitely a FAQ.
> > 
> > Also maybe consult: http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/28.html
>