On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 02:40:14PM -0400, dobryanskaya AT adelphia DOT net 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Also, I'm positive, that we had enough space for holding disk to hold
> this particuar FS. Why did it start "directly to tape" (log's the very
> first line)? 

Have you adjusted the holding disk "reserve" parameter?
By default it reserves 100% for incrementals in case of
degraded operation (eg. no tape available).

In my case, the holding disk can store several days
worth of normal backups, full and incremental.  So I've
adjusted the reserve down to 10 or 20%.

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