Hi, Kurt,

on Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2004 at 17:25 you wrote to amanda-users:

KY> Hello list

KY> I wasn't sure I understood how to set the Amanda dumpcycle, runspercycle,
KY> runtapes, and tapecycle correctly, so I wrote a small perl script to check 
my
KY> logic. It asks a few questions about the number of backups within a certain
KY> time period, whether a changer will be used, etc, and then prints the values
KY> one should set for dumpcycle, runspercycle, runtapes, and tapecycle. 
Assuming
KY> my thinking is correct, perhaps others on this list could benefit from the
KY> script as well, so I am attaching it...

Nice contribution, thanks!

I haven't done any hard tests on it (yet), but the quick results look
reasonable.

-- 
best regards,
Stefan

Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:monitor AT oops.co DOT at