Paul Bijnens schrieb: > On 2006-03-15 17:27, Jon LaBadie wrote: >> >> I don't think this is the problem, but I do not see a "record yes" >> setting. I wonder if that is needed to ensure amanda knows when >> the last full dump was done? It is needed for "dump", but I'm >> uncertain about gnutar. > > I think you hit the nail right on the head. > For gnutar, amanda uses the /etc/amandates files similar to > the file /etc/dumpdates used by dump. > If that file is empty, then amanda thinks it never did a level 0 > dump, and hence does it now. > However, with "record no" that file is never updated either, > resulting in always level 0 for those filesystems missing in the > file. > > I have to time to try to this out, but I'm interested > if this theory is correct.
Sounds very reasonable, combined with that "reserve"-value ... Stefan.
