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=Problem=
Amanda fails to create level 0 dump but creates incrementals.

=Solution=
Look at the {{man|8|amdump}} logs at /etc/amanda/<configuration>/amdump.1 log for errors

One of the possible reasons can be spotted as, from amdump logs 
 DELAYING DUMPS IF NEEDED, total_size 17273355, tape length 16974848 mark 15
  delay: machine.company.com / 20051017 0 [dump larger than tape, 17273214 KB,
  full dump delayed] now at level 3
  delay: Total size now 6615786.

Level 0 dump size estimate is 17273355, which exceeds the tape size. So Amanda creates incrementals. 

* Reduce the size of DLE "/" by splitting DLE into multiple DLEs
* Exclude the some of files being backed up