Hi all I think about the backup schedules as follow:
1st full backup(LV0) 2nd partial backup(LV1) 3rd partial backup(LV1) 4th partial backup(LV1) 'force', 'forcd-bump', and 'forcd-no-bump' each option of the amadmin command had been executed specifying it before the amdump command was executed. 1st $ amadmin DailySet_HD force rh5cli /var/test $ amdump DailySet_HD 2nd $ amadmin DailySet_HD force-bump rh5cli /var/test $ amdump DailySet_HD 3rd $ amadmin DailySet_HD force-no-bump rh5cli /var/test $ amdump DailySet_HD 4th $ amadmin DailySet_HD force-no-bump rh5cli /var/test $ amdump DailySet_HD When the dumpcycle was '1 week' , the backup level was as follows: 1st full backup(LV0) 2nd partial backup(LV1) 3rd partial backup(LV1) 4th partial backup(LV1) But the dumpcycle was '0', the backup level was as follow: 1st full backup(LV0) 2nd partial backup(LV1) 3rd full backup(LV0) 4th full backup(LV0) In this case, is it a specification of amanda that the full backup is executed because dumpcycle is 0 even if option 'force-no-bump' is executed? Your prompt reply would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.