Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:56:55 -0600 From: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: "Nathan Vidican" <nathan@vidican.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dump schedule Message-ID: <200104271956.f3RJutE42050@fedde.littleton.co.us> In-Reply-To: <002c01c0cf4a$52f56f80$6700000a@78lb019>
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:46:07 -0400 "Nathan Vidican" wrote:
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| How does one determine which dump levels to use for incremental backups? I
| have been running a zero level dump nightly Monday through Friday on
| different tapes. I would like to change the setup so that the backup only
| backs up level zero every friday, and does incremental backups of only the
| changed/altered files in the interim. What I'm having difficulty
| understanding, is which level number I should be using. for example: 0 first
| Friday, then 1 following Monday, then 1 every night until Thursday, and a
| new zero level on Friday. Would this schedule be feasible? Will it function
| properly as I am expecting?
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The main reason for running dump levels other than zero is to
minimize the time or mesia that is consumed. Your scheme will work
fine but will require that you spin your zero tapes and your 1
tapes to recover the system in the event of a disaster.
chris
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