On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 04:41:34PM -0600, Salvatore Enrico Indiogine wrote:
> 
> > This phrase:
> >
> > > do I need to change them after each incremental?
> >
> > tells me you don't yet understand the amanda scheduling.  It is
> > definitely not bru.  You don't have incrementals today, fulls
> > tomorrow.  Each day is a mixture of some DLEs as full, some DLEs
> > as incrementals.  The aim is to have the size of each day's backup
> > be approximately the same.
> 
> You are correct, I do not understand the amanda scheduling.   I would
> love to find a HOWTO or tutorial that would take me through the steps
> in setting it up.   I read about all the pieces, but not how to make
> them work together.  The best I have read so far is in "UNIX system
> administration handbook", but that is dated and still too short.

Have you visited amanda.org -> documentation -> setting up your config ?

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