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Re: Holdingdisk and level 0/1 dumps

2005-06-21 23:50:06
Subject: Re: Holdingdisk and level 0/1 dumps
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:43:13 -0400
On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 02:09:02AM +0200, Nicklas Bondesson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Currently amanda spits out level 1 dumps when pushing data to the
> holdingdisk. Is there a way to "force" it to do level 0 (full) backups when
> dumping to the holdingdisk?
> 
> When dumping to tape it always does level 0 (full) backups.

Sounds like you have not set the reserve parameter.

Unless you change the reserve paramater from the default 100%,
all of the holding disk is 'reserved' for incrementals.

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