Hi Luis,

in my opinion you should etsablish the following solution:
1) Intstall backup-server with enough disk space
2) Create virtuall tapes on the disks
3) Let amanda backup to the virtual tapes (one configuration)
You have to decide in which cycles amanda makes full backups.
4) In a second amanda configuration you let amanda dump
forced level 0 backups of the virtual disks to tape.

Probably a starting point.

Best regards
Andreas Mock


>>> Luis Rodrigues <luis AT ess.co DOT at> 04.05.2006 15:52:07 >>>
Hello.

I've just started a job at a new company. They have an backup system
with everyday copies the touched files 
to a disk on a backup server and on the weekend it makes a 0 level to
tape.

They say the system is not really relayable because some times they
don't find the files an want a new one.

So I will install amanda.

The problem is that they want to keep the old backup touched files each
day and zero level on the weekend.
In  http://www.amanda.org/docs/topten.html#id2552255 says this is not
possible.

So I will use amanda with a weekly cycle so that at saturday everyting
is backuedup. 

But I still need to incremental backup the touched files since last
inscremental, is it possible to force amanda to
(in its runs during week) first copy to backup server the touched files
and them some others?

If so what will happen if a file is changed two times in one week?

Thanks in advance.

Luis