Amanda-Users

Re: dumpcycle

2006-08-11 21:02:28
Subject: Re: dumpcycle
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:55:21 -0400
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 02:39:09PM -0700, Pavel Pragin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Another way to force a full dump on every run is to add "strategy noinc" 
> to the the dumptype definition you are using for
> this backup.
> Pavel
> *
> Example:*
> define dumptype root-tar {
>   program "GNUTAR"
>   compress none
>   index yes
>   strategy noinc
> }
> 


Is that correct?

Or if I have a dumpcycle of 7 and a strategy noinc,
will I just get a dump, a full one, every 7 days?

I know what I describe is true of skip-incr.
Not certain about strategy noinc.

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