On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 09:15:39AM +0200, Martin Oehler wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm running the standard strategy for backing up my partitions on
> Amanda 2.4.4 . The next level 0 backup for a large partition
> is scheduled on a workday during the next week. This backup run
> takes about 14 hours, so I would prefer doing it on the weekend.
> 
> Is it possible to run this full backup earlier or later?
> 
> I tried amadmin force, but this had not the desired effect because
> the normal backup cycle does not seem to care about my forced
> full backup.
> 
> # amadmin Backup force xy z
> amadmin: xy:/z is set to a forced level 0 at next run.
> # amadmin Backup due xy z
> Due in  4 days: xy:/z

I don't believe "due" is "scheduled".
I think that is when it "must" be done by
i.e., a dumpcycle since last level 0.

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