On Thu, 6 May 2004 at 10:53pm, Gavin Henry wrote

> I would like to change my amanda.conf to do full backups on Fridays?
> 
> Here is my current setup:
> 
> inparallel 4            # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel
> netusage  6000 Kbps     # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per sec
>                                                                               
>                                                
> dumpcycle 9 days        # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
> runspercycle 9 days    # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days
> tapecycle 12 tapes      # the number of tapes in rotation
>                         # 4 weeks (dumpcycle) times 5 tapes per week (just
>                         # the weekdays) plus a few to handle errors that
>                         # need amflush and so we do not overwrite the full
>                         # backups performed at the beginning of the previous
>                         # cycle
> 
> What do I need to read?

The list archives, which will detail how it's very hard to force amanda 
into the schedule you want, and it's generally best to let it do the 
scheduling (its goal in doing to so is to have about the same amount 
backed up every run).

If you *really* need to do all fulls on Friday, look at 'amadmin force' 
and or a 2nd, full only setup.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University