Re: avoiding level 0 dumps

2001-01-23 Thread John R. Jackson
>I back up a partition on a remote machine, connected by a 28.8k modem. Ick. :-) >After only two days, Amanda has decided to do a level 0 backup of this >partition, which seems strange, if not wrong. It's probably trying to balance the load. It takes a couple of cycles after changing your con

Re: avoiding level 0 dumps

2001-01-23 Thread Dan Wilder
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 12:06:38AM +1100, Ben Elliston wrote: > I back up a partition on a remote machine, connected by a 28.8k modem. > After only two days, Amanda has decided to do a level 0 backup of this > partition, which seems strange, if not wrong. > > How can I discourage her from doing l

avoiding level 0 dumps

2001-01-23 Thread Ben Elliston
I back up a partition on a remote machine, connected by a 28.8k modem. After only two days, Amanda has decided to do a level 0 backup of this partition, which seems strange, if not wrong. How can I discourage her from doing level 0s until the end of the dumpcycle? Almost nothing is as bad as doin