>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?
I suspect the theory is to get as many images safely out to tape as
quickly as possible.
Would you prefer it was done some other way? Why?
>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?
That depends on the dump program, not Amanda.
In general, dump programs back up everything that has changed since
the most recent backup at a lower level. For instance, a level 2 will
back up everything since the most recent level 1 (a level 3 would also
back up everything since a level 1 if there had not been any level 2's
in between).
>3) If a full backup fails, why does amanda continue with an incremental
>the next day?
What do you mean by "fails"? Did the dump succeed but just not get to
tape? Or did it totally fall apart?
Did Amanda go back to a level 1 or repeat the previous level it had been
working on?
Full dumps can shift around in the Amanda cycle. Amanda might decide
to promote (move earlier in the cycle) a full dump one day but make a
different decision another day, based on what else was going on.
>Andrew
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
