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Create a daily backup of the second virtual OS
Configure CUPCAKE
Explanation of runscycle and other in amanda.conf
| dumpcycle | runs per cycle | runtapes | tapecycle | tapetype | ||||
| The amount of days you will have a full backup (ex: every 4 weeks = 28) | How many backup runs per dumpcycle (ex: every week = 4) | How many tapes to use per run (ex: Biggest disklist + a bit / tapetype size = 12) | How many tapes are available. The number decrease at every run. Runtapes * runs per cycle + a bit(ex: 50) | defines the size of a tape (ex: DVD size: 4,5G) | ||||
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| 2 | DLE_1 | 10G | ||||||
| 3 | DLE_2 | 45G | ||||||
| 4 | DLE_3 | 1G | ||||||
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Creating the script adapted to the present situation of the server (12/2011)
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