On 1/25/2011 12:11 AM, Christian Manal wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Schedule Question:
>>
>> I know how to schedule a full backup then incremental and/or
>> differentials within a month, say full backup day 1 or first sunday
>> of the month and then diffs on sun 2-5 and incres on mon-sat, etc...
>>
>> How would one schedule a full backup every 2 months, diffs on sundays
>> 2-5 and incrementals on all the other days?
> I think you have two options here. The first one is to make your
> schedule look like something like this:
>
>    Schedule {
>      Name = "EveryOtherMonth"
>
>      Run = Full         on 1st sun jan at 00:00
>      Run = Differential on 1st sun feb at 00:00
>      Run = Full         on 1st sun mar at 00:00
>      Run = Differential on 1st sun apr at 00:00
>      Run = Full         on 1st sun may at 00:00
>      Run = Differential on 1st sun jun at 00:00
>      Run = Full         on 1st sun jul at 00:00
>      Run = Differential on 1st sun aug at 00:00
>      Run = Full         on 1st sun sep at 00:00
>      Run = Differential on 1st sun oct at 00:00
>      Run = Full         on 1st sun nov at 00:00
>      Run = Differential on 1st sun dec at 00:00
>
>      Run = Differential on 2nd-5th sun at 00:00
>      Run = Incremental on mon-sat at 00:00
>    }
>
> The other would be to make use of the "Max Full Interval" statement for
> the Job resource and omit "Full" runs in your schedule.
>
>
>> Restore Question:
>>
>> If one desires a restore and there is data in incrementals,
>> differentials and a full at the beginning. In the case of the incrementals
>> and differentials where data is selected does it restore the latest
>> version of the Jobs that are selected or?
>>
>> ex:
>>
>> /etc/resolv.conf backed up in Full then changed since, JobID 1
>> /etc/resolv.conf backed up in Diffs, changed again. Last Diff JobID 26
>> /etc/resolv.conf backed up in Incre, JobID 37
>>
>> so if I input JobID's 1, 26, 37 and ask to restore /etc/resolv.conf will
>> it restore the
>> latest version (from JobID 37)?
> Yes. Though, it may depend on the order of the JobIDs, if you input them
> by hand. But I don't know that for sure.
>
@Christian - excellent! So I just make my schedule:

Schedule {
   Name = "WeeklyCycle"
   Run = Differential sun at 23:05
   Run = Incremental mon-sat at 23:05
}

And add to the Job definition:

Max Full Interval = 60d

Very nice indeed! Thanks!

-Randy

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