I'm kind of new to the amanda system, just took it over and I've been told that a level 0 backup needs to be done due to inconsistant tape changes or neglect?
I can't see how inconsistent tape changes result in a need to force a level 0? If the tape inserted is too early, amanda will not overwrite the tape, and will dump in degraded mode on disk. If you leave the tape out, it will dump to disk too. Amanda will try to catch up with the imposed dumpcycle afterwards ofcourse, so the next tapes will be more filled. If you insert a tape too early, and amanda accepts it (because you have more than tapecycle tapes in use -- I have), then the only thing that happens is that the tapenumbers get out of sequence (easily solved in this case: just repeat the same mistake, using the correct tape next time).
Maybe they mean you need to flush the disk? (see amflush).
How would I do this? what should I look for when doing this?
amadmin YourConfig force Host Disk
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