brian wrote:
>
> When I run amdump, I get an error message...
>
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
> humbolt hda4 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump]
> shiva sda2 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump]
> humbolt hda2 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump]
> humbolt hda3 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump]
> shiva sda3 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump]
> shiva sda4 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump]
>
> is there some sort of setting that I need to modify? I am using the
> 'always-full' backup type, and never even want an incremental dump to
> occur....
>
If the reason why these backups failed is that your tape was full, then
you will have to use a larger one, or increase runtapes. Normally, the
filesystems that failed one day will be tried the next, but you are
using "dumpcycle 0" to force full backups always, so it might me that
AMANDA starts backing up the disklist from the start, ending in a full
tape, always leaving the same filesystems outside.
If the reason they failed is different, you will have to find it out in
the ~(home of amanda user)/debug directory, or in /tmp/amanda/ and
report it to the list. There should be also more information about the
cause of failure down the mail message that AMANDA sent you. This is of
interest too.
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Chris Karakas
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