How amanda thinks

[ahall]

Hello,

I have three questions about how amanda operates:


1) When I run an amflush I notice that the dump are put on tape starting
with the smallest and working its way up to the largest last.  Why is
this?

2) When an incremental runs does it do the incremental based on what was
on the drive at the completion of the last full, or last incremental if
one has run after the full?

3) If a full backup fails, why does amanda continue with an incremental
the next day?

TIA,


Andrew