>Actually, you would use "dumpcycle 0" to get amanda to do full backups every run. tapecycle should still be set to however >many tapes you have >-- anything other than that and you lose amanda's ability to track the tapes for you. > >-- >Joshua Baker-LePain >QB3 Shared Cluster Sysadmin >UCSF After reading through all the replies, it might be simple enough to use Bacula or Amanda. I had never seen Bacula before, and I have not found detailed info for Amanda and Autoloaders (Never used Amanda before). What is simpler to use, Bacula or Amanda? Depending on that, I will look into either of those solutions. Thanks everyone! jlc