On Fri, 31 May 2002 at 11:35am, Wayne Richards wrote

> In the amanda.conf file the docs read:
> 
> 
> #   strategy    - set the dump strategy.  Valid strategies are currently:
> #                 "standard" - the standard one.
> #                 "nofull"   - do level 1 dumps every time.  This can be used,
> #                              for example, for small root filesystems that
> #                              only change slightly relative to a site-wide
> #                              prototype.  Amanda then backs up just the
> #                              changes.
> #                 "noinc"    - do level 0 dumps every time.
> #                 "skip"     - skip all dumps.  Useful for sharing a single
> #                              disklist in several configurations.
> #                 Default: [strategy standard]
> 
> So after a successful level 0 backup (you have to have 1) add the line:
> 
> strategy "nofull"
> 
> to the dumptype you use for that filesystem.

Actually, as I read it, the goal is to do regular level 0s and level 1s, 
but not ever anything higher than a level 1.  In that case, setting 
'bumpsize' to an absurdly large value may do what you want.  But I'm not 
sure.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

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