confused about dump/restore levels

[Matthew Seaman]

On 02/04/16 17:48, Sergei G wrote:
> I tried again (Case B):
> 
> Feb 1 Level 0, ok
> Feb 2 Level 2, ok
> Feb 3 Level 2, error: Incremental dump too high
> 
> So, I got my system restored, but I am confused why Feb 3 backup did not
> restore in Case A.
> 

Your level-2 dump is an incremental since the previous *lower* level
dump -- which is the Feb 1st level 0 in this case. So if you'ld restored
in this order:

Feb 1 Level 0
Feb 3 Level 2

it should all have worked correctly.

	Cheers,

	Matthew



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