[Amanda-users] Scheduling backups

Sorry to steal this topic from you amit.. :)
Thanks for the clarification Jon and Paul. 
I have few more doubts: 

- So 'the first amdump run' will always give a full backup. (The first run for 
the particular DLE in particular configuration, and not the first run in the 
dumpcycle.)
- Is it possible to specify incremental backup levels 0-9 or does Amanda 
selects it automatically? 
- I have attached a summary of my recent amdump run. I would like to know why 
particular backup was preponed to run as a full backup? Does that mean no full 
backup in the next dumpcycle. The dumcycle is of 1 week and runspercycle is 5. 
The above statistics is for the second run. 
- I have some other questions regarding run time and holdingdisk configuration. 
I am making a new post for it with a proper subject. 


Thanks,
Shantanu Pavgi. 


STATISTICS&#58;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; Total&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Full&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Incr.
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp; --------&nbsp; &nbsp;--------&nbsp; &nbsp;--------
Estimate Time &#40;hrs&#58;min&#41;&nbsp; &nbsp; 0&#58;49
Run Time &#40;hrs&#58;min&#41;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 11&#58;57
Dump Time &#40;hrs&#58;min&#41;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;10&#58;12&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;9&#58;44&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0&#58;28
Output Size &#40;meg&#41;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;60964.8&nbsp; &nbsp; 
59439.4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1525.4
Original Size &#40;meg&#41;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;78767.1&nbsp; &nbsp; 
76835.4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1931.7
Avg Compressed Size &#40;%&#41;&nbsp; &nbsp; 77.4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp;77.4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;79.0&nbsp; &nbsp;&#40;level&#58;#disks 
...&#41;
Filesystems Dumped&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3&nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; 
&nbsp;&#40;1&#58;2&#41;
Avg Dump Rate &#40;k/s&#41;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1699.7&nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp;1736.7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 929.1

Tape Time &#40;hrs&#58;min&#41;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0&#58;55&nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0&#58;54&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0&#58;01
Tape Size &#40;meg&#41;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;60964.7&nbsp; &nbsp; 
59439.4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1525.4
Tape Used &#40;%&#41;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
39.7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;38.7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.0&nbsp; 
&nbsp;&#40;level&#58;#disks ...&#41;
Filesystems Taped&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3&nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; 
&nbsp;&#40;1&#58;2&#41;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&#40;level&#58;#chunks ...&#41;
Chunks Taped&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; 
&nbsp;&#40;1&#58;2&#41;
Avg Tp Write Rate &#40;k/s&#41; 18802.4&nbsp; &nbsp; 18763.3&nbsp; &nbsp; 
20465.8

USAGE BY TAPE&#58;
&nbsp; Label&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp;Time&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Size&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; %&nbsp; &nbsp; Nb&nbsp; 
&nbsp; Nc
&nbsp; labtops-02&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0&#58;55&nbsp; &nbsp; 60965M&nbsp; 
&nbsp;39.7&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3


NOTES&#58;
&nbsp; planner&#58; Full dump of bob.lab.ac&#58;/backup/disk2/jcp promoted from 
6 days ahead.
&nbsp; big estimate&#58; bob.lab.ac /backup/disk3/spj 1
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; est&#58; 34M&nbsp; 
&nbsp; out 28M
&nbsp; small estimate&#58; bob.lab.ac /backup/disk3/red 1
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; est&#58; 
932M&nbsp; &nbsp; out 1498M


DUMP SUMMARY&#58;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DUMPER 
STATS&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TAPER STATS
HOSTNAME&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DISK&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; L ORIG-MB&nbsp; 
OUT-MB&nbsp; COMP%&nbsp; MMM&#58;SS&nbsp; &nbsp;KB/s MMM&#58;SS&nbsp; &nbsp;KB/s
-------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------
bob.lab.ac -/disk2/jcp 0&nbsp; &nbsp;76835&nbsp; &nbsp;59439&nbsp; 
&nbsp;77.4&nbsp; 584&#58;08 1736.7&nbsp; 54&#58;04 18763.3
bob.lab.ac -/disk3/spj 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 68&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 28&nbsp; 
&nbsp;40.6&nbsp; &nbsp; 8&#58;28&nbsp; &nbsp;55.6&nbsp; &nbsp;0&#58;00 78479.2
bob.lab.ac -/disk3/red 1&nbsp; &nbsp; 1864&nbsp; &nbsp; 1498&nbsp; 
&nbsp;80.4&nbsp; &nbsp;19&#58;33 1307.5&nbsp; &nbsp;1&#58;16 20190.9

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