--received from Chris Karakas--
>
> That the dumpcycle is 12 weeks does not mean that in an interval of 12
> weeks AMANDA will have to do *exactly one* full backup of your disk, but
> that she will have to do *at least one*. In your case, she "promoted"
> the disk. You should have got a note from planner for this. Generally,
> this is rather a Good, than a Bad Thing.
Hmmmm. Ok. But what factors would Amanda see as a need to
"promote" a disk? If a level 0 is done and then subsequent level
1's and maybe a level 2 ensue, why would Amanda suddenly feel the need
to think, "hmmmm, I'll do another level 0 on that disk"? Why not
go to level 3 if level 2 isn't doin' it for her anymore? You are
right, it's not a bad thing but it does seem unnecessary and,
if so, uses unnecessary tape.
I looked to the planner messages as you suggested. On Nov. 25th,
a full level was performed on this disk and the planner reported:
planner: Full dump of gamow:/export/home promoted from 76 days ahead.
Then on the Dec. 2nd, another level 0 is performed and the planner reports:
planner: Full dump of gamow:/export/home promoted from 82 days ahead.
Is something getting confused? Is the planner message on Dec. 2nd --
showing the disk being promoted from 82 days ahead -- revealing that a
counter isn't getting reset? ie., shouldn't it have been 6 not 82
days?
Thanks for the reply.
--
Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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