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.