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List:       amanda-users
Subject:    Re: Request for some special DLE
From:       Christ Schlacta  <aarcane () aarcane ! org>
Date:       2011-11-29 19:43:55
Message-ID: 5m90x5kbt1qwagyncbkis1je.1322595835074 () email ! android ! com
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It seems Amanda enterprise has support for a direct-from-vmware backup.  You should look into using this to create and maintain a separate set of backups that appear to be tailor made for your purposes

"Stefan G. Weichinger" <sgw@amanda.org> wrote:

>Am 29.11.2011 17:36, schrieb Brian Cuttler:
>> 
>> So, the idea is to get only fairly recent (no more than 3 day old) 
>> files that contain "_F_".
>> 
>> Not sure if the nofull strategy will deselect some of the files in
>> the include list on you. Depends on how often you generate files with
>> "_F_" in the file name and how often you are running amanda.
>> 
>> Do you want "_F_" in the selection and nofull and skip exluding files
>> that are more than 3 days old ? If you are backing up more frequently
>> than 3 days and you are also generating _F_ files more frequently
>> than 3 days you will select them for the include file but I don't
>> know if they will be backed up or ignored with the nofull strategy.
>
>I get your point, sure. As I said, a draft.
>
>The idea is to run that about once a week (generation-script and
>amdump), on weekdays there are other backups (another amanda-config) and
>in terms of the VMS, only the file-based-backups to the NAS are done.
>
>> Let me ask another way. I assumed that nofull would set the dump'd
>> bit to level 1 in the file so that the next level 1 would not back it
>> up again. Is that the case ?
>
>Can't tell you now. Started it but had to stop it for today.
>More testing maybe tmrw (~8pm here now).
>
>Stefan

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