On 5/29/06, Paul Bijnens <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com> wrote:

On 2006-05-29 12:59, Rajeh kuri wrote:
> Level 0 : Full backup
> Level 1  or Differential backup: backup every thing that has changed
> since the last level 0 backup.

Amanda (and most other programs AFAIK) call this incremental.

>
> Incremental OR Level 2-9 : Backup only that has changed since last level
> backup.

Incremental lvl N = all that has changed since the last level N-1.
(for N = 1 .. infinity).

Does Amanda Supports this kind of backup.
I would like to tell you that i Was using "GNUTAR" in dumptype  when
iam testing Partial full backup.
Is it neccessery to use only "DUMP" program to get partial full backup.

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