if I put "dumpcycle 0" will it overwrite the tape with a *FULL* backup every time?
On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 18:02, Bort, Paul wrote: > You might need to put 'dumpcycle 0' at the beginning of amanda.conf instead > of inside a dumptype. (This is a guess. I put it at the beginning and it > works there, but I haven't bothered to upgrade from version > 2.4.2-19991216-beta1, because it 'ain't broke'.) > > Levels are degrees of incremental-ness. Level 1 is all of the files that > have changed since level 0, and level 2 is all of the files that have > changed since level 1. A file system gets 'bumped' to a lower level when the > space it would take at the higher level is needed for other backups. If you > look at the planner (IIRC) debug file, it will show the estimated size of > each backup at different levels and why it chose the levels it did. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Van de Wiele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:43 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: "incremental bumped to level x" incremental? I want full! > > > > > > Hello list! > > > > My objective: to make a FULL backup on tape every weekday. If there is > > data on the tape, I want it removed and/or overwritten by new data... > > First of all, I'm using version 2.4.2p2 on a Linux server (Dell > > PowerEdge) with kernel 2.4.16 > > > > my 'disklist' file contains: > > > > delta.eduline.be hda1 always-full > > delta.eduline.be hda4 always-full > > delta.eduline.be hda3 always-full > > > > > > in my amanda.conf I have: > > > > define dumptype always-full { > > global > > comment "Full dump of this filesystem always" > > program "GNUTAR" > > compress none > > index yes > > priority high > > dumpcycle 0 > > } > > > > > > The logs gave me this: > > > > NOTES: > > planner: Incremental of delta.eduline.be:hda3 bumped to level 2. > > planner: Incremental of delta.eduline.be:hda4 bumped to level 2. > > > > > > Incremental? I don't want incremental backups, I want a FULL backup. > > And what are these "levels" in combination with the incremental term? > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > -- Tom Van de Wiele > > > > > > >
