On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 12:15:07PM +0100, Anne Wilson enlightened us:
> I did wonder if it was possible to define a completely separate set of 
> parameters for these video directories, using a monthly rotation, say, but I 
> get the impression that that's not possible.
>

You could do a second config for this. I currently run 2 configs, one is a
Daily backup, the other is a Quarterly "archival" dump that uses the same
disklist, but doesn't record anything and forces fulls. I don't have the
second config in cron anywhere, when it gets to the right time I simply 

"touch /etc/amanda/Dailies/hold" to prevent the Dailies from running, then
run "amdump Fulls" by hand. When it's done, I remove the hold file and
amanda continues with the Dailies as usual. (Usually this is one command:
amdump Fulls && rm /etc/amanda/Dailies/hold, so I don't have to babysit).

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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