Your right amanda will do a level 0 of all filesystems added on the 
next run with any existing filesystems scheduled for a level 0 being 
pushed back in time if needed in order to fit on the tape. As time 
goes on amanda will spread the new filesystems over the 
tapecycle.


On 21 Apr 2002, at 11:49, Niall O Broin wrote:

> If I want to add another client to a configuration, is it as simple as just
> adding the necessary filesystems to the configuration's disklist and of
> course configuring the client correctly ? I'm just wondering how amanda
> copes with having extra filesystems to cope with in the middle of a
> tapecycle - does it just notice the extra filesystem, see that they've never
> been backed up, and schedule them for a level0 backup ASAP ? What if, for
> argments sake, I add a client with two filesystems on the last day of a
> tapecycle. What happens then ? My gut feeling is that I can just happily add
> the clients and amanda will "catch up" but I'd like to check.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Niall



David Flood
Systems Administrator

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