Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 17:16:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Branson Matheson <branson@widomaker.com> To: Matt Hamilton <matt@boris.clintondale.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Backup strategies Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960918170929.16228E-100000@garion.hq.ferg.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960918163402.23628A-100000@boris.clintondale.com>
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On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Matt Hamilton wrote: > However we need to be able to restore from the > backups, not just the latest material, but also (if something REALLY goes > wrong) restore from a couple of days or weeks ago. Is this possible using > the Tower of Hanoi? I know I could get Amanda to do a level 0 dump > everynight... but want to try and avoid that if possible. > If so how would I implement a weekly cycle in which we have tapes > Mon, Tue, Wen, Thu, Fri in which a full backup is done every Friday and > then taken offsite and new tape replaces it? Hmmm.. mabey you don't understand how amanda works... it will do a complete level 0 once per dumpcycle and the rest of the time it will do incrementals... that means that you _can_ restore using the full backups and the incrimentals. And if you need to go back further.. just keep more tapes in rotation.. I have 60 tapes here with a 5 day backup cycle so that means I can go 12 weeks and restore a file. > Can anyone help me out here? Hope this helps. -branson ============================================================================= Branson Matheson | Ferguson Enterprises | If Pete and Repeat were System Administrator | W: (804) 874-7795 | sittin on a fence and Pete Unix, Perl, WWW | branson@widomaker.com | fell off, who is left?
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