On Thu, 4 May 2006, Luis Rodrigues wrote:
> Ahh, ok
> 
> I did't had understood that.
> 
> Does it work with both tar and dump or just with dump?

It should work with both (I always used tar).

> On Thu, 4 May 2006 17:40:34 +0200 (CEST)
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert AT linux-m68k DOT org> wrote:
> > On Thu, 4 May 2006, Luis Rodrigues wrote:
> > > The normal everyday amanda incremental backup saves all the touched files 
> > > to the holding disk?
> > 
> > Yes.
> > 
> > > If the file is changed 5 times in a backup cicle it will get backed up 5 
> > > times? if so how do
> > > I access it using amandarecover?
> > 
> > By specifying the date of the version you want to recover.
> > 
> > > On Thu, 4 May 2006 10:26:39 -0400
> > > Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 03:52:07PM +0200, Luis Rodrigues wrote:
> > > > > 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?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > You can nearly mimic what they have been doing.  Not necessarily my
> > > > recommendation, but sometimes "ya gotta do what da boss sais ya gotta 
> > > > do".
> > > > 
> > > > Think of their current backup disk as amanda's "holding disk".
> > > > Set up your amanda config to 'autoflush" the holding disk whenever
> > > > it actually does tape.
> > > > Set up your config to not do level 0's except when forced with amadmin.
> > > > I forget if this is "skip-full" or "incr-only".
> > > > Set up amanda to use a symbolic link to the tape device, eg. 
> > > > /dev/amandatape.
> > > > This will be missing normally, so incremental backups will collect on 
> > > > the
> > > > holding disk, waiting to autoflush.
> > > > Set up your daily cron job to "rm amandatape" then amdump.
> > > > Set up your weekend cronjob to amadmin force level 0's, create the 
> > > > symbolic
> > > > tape device link, then do amdump, the rm amandatape.
> > > > The entire week will go to tape.
> > > > 
> > > > > If so what will happen if a file is changed two times in one week?
> > > > 
> > > > You will have a copy of each version.
> > > > During the week you can still use amrecover to get at the
> > > > incrementals collecting on the holding disk.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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