Thomas Widhalm schrieb:

> I ran a "amadmin <config> disklist" right now and here is one example for the 
> disks I encountered many level 0 backups.
> 
> host springfield.edvz.sbg.ac.at:
>         interface default
>     disk /:
>         program "GNUTAR"
>         priority 1
>         dumpcycle 6
>         maxdumps 1
>         maxpromoteday 10000
>         strategy STANDARD
>         compress CLIENT BEST
>         comprate 0.50 0.50
>         auth BSD
>         kencrypt NO
>         holdingdisk YES
>         record YES
>         index YES
>         skip-incr NO
>         skip-full NO
> 
> 
> Maybe you can tell me more with that. As I see, record is set to yes. 

Looks OK to me so far.

> But what 
> is "maxpromoteday"? Can I set how many days fulls can be promoted? The mail 
> reports tell me, that they get promoted.

man amanda.conf


maxpromoteday  int
              Default: 10000. The maximum number of day for a promotion,
set it 0 if you don't want promotion, set it to 1 or 2 if your disks get
overpromoted.


Worth a try.

Stefan.