Backup Central

Hi,

I would like to use Amanda to run a 'full' archived backup of all the
systems so that I can take the tapes off site and keep them permenantly.
I'd like to run this on a quarterly basis.

I have two problems with this. Firstly, I can't use an inifinite tape
cycle according to the configuration file, other than using a very large
number is there a way I can ensure that Amanda won't want to recycle the
tapes at a future date.

My second problem is that I don't want Amanda 'planning' the dumps and
deciding to wait until the next cycle to dump certain systems. To this
end I've set dump cycle to 0 weeks and runspercycle to 0. Is this the
correct, or indeed a sensible thing to do?

Regards,

Bernard McAuley
bernard.mcauley < at > phyworks-ic.com

Bernard McAuley wrote:

I have two problems with this. Firstly, I can't use an inifinite tape
cycle according to the configuration file, other than using a very large
number is there a way I can ensure that Amanda won't want to recycle the
tapes at a future date.

Use "amadmin ... no-reuse", like:

admin ConFig no-reuse TheArchiveTape-001


My second problem is that I don't want Amanda 'planning' the dumps and
deciding to wait until the next cycle to dump certain systems. To this
end I've set dump cycle to 0 weeks and runspercycle to 0. Is this the
correct, or indeed a sensible thing to do?

Yes.
Next two options are nice to add too, to avoid incremental
backups, and even estimates for incremental (speed up):

skip-incr yes
strategy noinc

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