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List:       amanda-hackers
Subject:    can't switch to incremental backup
From:       Michael C Voorhis <mvoorhis () cs ! wpi ! edu>
Date:       2001-08-23 18:35:46
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>>>> "adp" == Das-Purkayastha, Arindam <Arindam_Das-Purkayastha@hplb.hpl.hp.com> writes:
 adp> i have added a new host to my disklist and then tried to run
 adp> amdump.  the amanda surely runs on the client side but on the
 adp> logfile it say
 adp> can't switch to incremental backup..
 adp> can anyone help to overcome this ?

You can't overcome it without making a level-zero of the disk.

Basically amanda is telling you that you need to level zero the new
disk.  Incrementals are only backups of what has changed sincethe last
level zero, so an incremental without a level zero is meaningless.

      Mike.
      (mvoorhis@cs.wpi.edu)

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