On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 02:28:07PM -0700, Richard Stockton wrote:
> At 02:01 PM 9/23/2008, jl wrote:
> >Basically it is the time between level 0 backups.
> >For amanda, it is thought of as a "maximum time" between level 0's.
> >
> >But again, basically dumpcycle is nominally the maximum time
> >between level 0 dumps of a DLE.  You can set it globally and
> >on a DLE by DLE basis.
> 
> So that would seem to imply that if I never wanted incremental
> dumps, that is, I always want a full dump, I should be able to
> set dumpcycle to 0.  This doesn't appear to work, at least it
> doesn't work if the tape fails and the holding disk is used.
> 
> How do I force a full dump under ALL circumstances?
> (I do have my disklist set to "always-full").

Is your holding disk sufficiently large?

Have you changed the "reserve" for incrementals parameter
from its default 100%?

jl
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